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"A gritty espionage thriller that is also a tender-hearted tale of love and loyalty."
"In the subway, Candy is made steal his wallet by Skip Mc Coy, a pickpocket aguerri. Police officers who followed the young woman suspected of being a communist liaison officer, attend the scene without being able to intervene. Of return to him, Mc Coy discovers that the wallet contains a microfilm. Police officers and Communists will try to recover it."@en
"Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a haul bigger than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption, Right versus Red, and passion against self-preservation."@en
"Crook Skip McCoy has his eye on the big score, but when he picks the purse of unsuspecting Candy he finds microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by both Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, it's greed against redemption."
"A pickpocket inadvertently acquires a top-secret microfilm and becomes the target for espionage agents."
"Crook Skip McCoy has his eye on the big score, but when he picks the purse of unsuspecting Candy he finds microfilm bearing confidental U.S. secrets. Tailed by both Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, its greed against redemption."
"En volant un portefeuille, un pickpocket est mêlé à une affaire d'espionnage."
"A pickpocket is instrumental in cracking a Communist spy-ring when he steals a wallet from a young woman who is unwittingly carrying a secret microfilm from one enemy agent to another. Similar in style to Hollywood thrillers of the forties, this film is an example of the anti-Red propaganda of the McCarthy era. (Circulates)."
"Petty crook Skip McCoy has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy, he finds a haul bigger than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption, Right versus Red, and passion against self-preservation."
"A petty criminal becomes inadvertently involved with communist agents when he steals some microfilm from a woman's handbag. The political (spy thriller) aspects of the plot seem largely subsumed by the gangster/crime film elements, the noirish lighting of sets and New York locations and the sense of violent energy generated by Fuller's unique mixture of rapid tracking shots and jagged close-ups. However, Fuller is able to integrate these elements, cutting across generic boundaries to bring out his own notions of underground patriotism."@en
"Three-time loser Skip McCoy steals the wallet of street-smart Candy, who is unknowingly carrying secret microfilm for a gang of communist spies. When Skip is identified as the thief by a stoolie, he becomes wanted by the police, the spies and the girl."@en
"Petty crook Skip McCoy has his eye set on the big score. When the three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy, he finds a haul bigger than he ever could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by the Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption."@en
"Skip McCoy, pickpocket, subtilise dans la poche d'une jolie fille, Candy, un portefeuille contenant un microfilm destiné à son patron, l'avocat Joey. Candy, soupçonnée d'espionnage par le FBI, est filée par le capitaine Tiger qui, témoin du vol, prend en filature Skip McCoy. [allociné]."
"Un pickpocket se retrouve en possession d'un microfilm contenant des plans ultra-secrets, filé par la police, avec une bande d'espions à ses trousses. Au départ, une série B "anti-rouges" comme il s'en tournait beaucoup à l'époque. A l'arrivée un polar sulfureux filmé comme un uppercut."
"Petty crook Skip McCoy has his eye on the big score but ends up with some top-secret microfilm that has the Feds and the Commies on his trail."