“Sometimes you look for oil, you hit a gusher.” – Skip McCoy, Pickup on South Street ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Pickup on South Street 1953

Skip McCoy Richard Widmark

[after first kiss with Candy]

Sometimes you look for oil, you hit a gusher.

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