The Wages of Fear1953
Both picked by Matt Dillon in the Criterion Closet, and both on Top 10 lists by Georgia Hubley and Jaime Hernandez
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №224
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Synopsis
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.
