Pickup On South Street(1953) -

To Skip, the stolen microfilm is not a matter of national security; it is a "big score."

Her refusal to give up Skip to the Communist agent Joey—not out of patriotism, but out of personal loyalty—marks the only "pure" act in the film. Pickup on South Street(1953)

The character of Moe Williams provides the film’s moral and emotional center. A professional informant who "sells" people to buy a fancy coffin, she represents the ultimate synthesis of commerce and death in the capitalist underworld. To Skip, the stolen microfilm is not a