52 pickup 1986 film biography
52 pickup 1986 film biography summary...
52 Pick-Up
1986 film
For the card game, see 52 pickup.
52 Pick-Up is a 1986 American neo-noircrime film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, and Vanity.[3] It is based on Elmore Leonard's 1974 novel 52 Pickup and is the second adaptation of it after The Ambassador (1984).[4]
Plot
Harry Mitchell is a successful construction magnate living in Los Angeles, whose wife Barbara is running for city council.
One day, Harry is confronted by three hooded blackmailers who demand $105,000 per year for a videotape of him and his mistress, a young stripper named Cini.
52 pickup 1986 film biography
Because of his wife's political aspirations, he cannot go to the police; however, guilt eventually drives him to confess, and she kicks him out of their bedroom.
Harry's stubborn inclination is to not surrender to the threats, and when his lawyer advises him that the blackmailers will never leave him alone, he refuses to pay.
The lead blackmailer breaks into Ha