52 Pick-Up

52 Pick-Up

1986 · 110 min · EN · R · 5.9 (96 votes)
Dir. John Frankenheimer · Starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman · Music Gary Chang

His Wife... His Mistress... His Career... A Deadly Trap

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Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.

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A grim, sun-baked L.A. noir where desperation breeds a suffocating tension. It's a cynical dive into the consequences of secrets, where every choice feels like a trap, and the air is thick with impending doom.

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