Hard-boiled ex-newspaperman Sam Fuller's 1953 espionage thriller starred Richard "Tommy Udo" Widmark as Skip McCoy, a pickpocket who accidentally lifts a cache of microfilm wanted by foreign agents. Yes, kids, this was made before we had a President who was collaborating with a Russian dictator, way back when such an act would be considered traitorous and dealt with severely. With Jean Peters (Love That Brute) and a memorable turn from Thelma (Rear Window) Ritter.
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