Pickup on South Street Family Review

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.On a crowded subway, Skip McCoy picks the purse of Candy. Among his take, although he does not know it at the time, is a piece of top-secret microfilm that was being passed by Candy's consort, a Communist agent. Candy discovers the whereabouts of the film through Moe Williams, a police informer. She attempts to seduce McCoy to recover the film. She fails to get back the film and falls in love with him. The desperate agent exterminates Moe and savagely beats Candy. McCoy, now goaded into action, confronts the agent in a particularly brutal fight in a subway.—alfiehitchieIn New York, the pickpocket Skip McCoy steals a wallet from the purse of a woman named Candy in the subway. His action is witnessed by FBI Agent Zara but Skip escapes from the wagon with the wallet. When Candy discovers that she was robbed, she returns to the house of her former lover Joey who is worried about the incident. Meanwhile Zara goes to the police station and asks Captain Dan Tiger to identify the pickpockets in that area. He explains that he was following Candy who would deliver a microfilm to the chief of a communist spy ring. Captain Tiger summons the old informer Moe who sells the identity and address of Skip. Candy also seeks out Moe trying to find the pickpocket that stole her wallet. Meanwhile Skip finds the microfilm and learns how valuable it is to the communists. Candy also discovers that Joey is communist and is using her in a treason act and she falls in love with Skip. Soon a cat and mouse game among Skip, the police department and the spies begins.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilWhen professional pickpocket Skip McCoy picks Candy's purse on a crowded New York City subway car, he gets more than just her wallet - he gets a microfilm of secret plans that were destined to Communist spies. Candy is desperate to get the microfilm back and manages to identify McCoy through an acquaintance. When McCoy learns the value of what he's stolen, he sits back prepared to offer the microfilm to whoever will pay him $25,000. Things become complicated however when Candy falls in love with McCoy and the traitor starts gunning people down to get his hands on the film.—garykmcdA pickpocket steals a woman's purse on the train. Little does he know but that the purse contained film of top secret formulae which was due to be delivered to a communist agent. Government agents were tailing the woman to arrest the agent. Now both the police and the communists are after him and the film.—grantss1 moreAll