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HOW THE LAW TOOK A CHANCE ON A B-GIRL … AND WON!
7.4/10 1953 4K 80 min
Thriller • Crime

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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Top Cast
Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
Jean Peters
Candy
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley
Joey
Willis Bouchey
Willis Bouchey
Zara
Milburn Stone
Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai
Frank Kumagai
Lum (uncredited)