52 Pick-Up (1986)
Release Year: 1986
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: Ni un paso en falso, A Hora da Brutalidade, Nenhum Passo em Falso, Afpresning, 52 vive o muere
Director: John Frankenheimer
Writer: Elmore Leonard, John Steppling
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Executive Producer: Henry T. Weinstein
Companies: Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group
Genre: Action, Drama, Film Based On A Novel, Thriller
Budget: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: based on novel or book, blackmail, infidelity, los angeles, california, murder, neo-noir, porn actor
Story
Harry Mitchell, a successful Los Angeles manufacturer with a wife running for city council, is blackmailed by three individuals who have a videotape of him with his young mistress. They demand $100,000 from Harry, threatening to expose the affair and potentially harm his wife's political campaign if he refuses to pay or goes to the police.
Summary
Directed by John Frankenheimer in 1986, '52 Pick-Up' is a neo-noir thriller based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. The story revolves around Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider), a powerful businessman whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes the target of blackmailers. Set in Los Angeles, the film explores themes of power, corruption, and the consequences of infidelity.
