27 Jun 1951
Strangers on a Train
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Pickup on South Street
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Widmark Skip McCoy
Jean Peters Candy
Thelma Ritter Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley Joey
Willis Bouchey Zara
Milburn Stone Detective Winoki
Parley Baer Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai Lum (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper Detective Eddie (uncredited)
Henry Slate Detective MacGregor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin Subway Passenger (uncredited)
George Eldredge Fenton (uncredited)
John Gallaudet Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)
Alan Reed Detective (uncredited)
Robert Haines Library Worker (uncredited)
Jay Loft-Lyn Microfilm Library Clerk (uncredited)
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