IMDb
7.6 /10
18k votes


Thriller · Crime · 1953 · 1h 20min
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.
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20th Century Fox






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IMDb
7.6 /10
18k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93 /100
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Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
7.4 /10
322 votes
Letterboxd
7.8 /10
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Weighted average
8.0/10