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52 Pick-Up is a 1986 American neo-noir crime film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, and Vanity. It is based on Elmore Leonard 's 1974 novel of the same name, and is the second adaptation of it after The Ambassador (1984).
John Frankenheimer's "52 Pick-Up" provides us with the best, most reprehensible villain of the year and uses his vile charm as the starting point for a surprisingly good film. The old golden age Warner Bros. crime dramas knew something that most modern movies have forgotten: Heroes are great, but a movie is only as good as its villain.
52 Pick-Up (1986) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity and John Glover. Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3HT3fVj DVD (Amazon)...
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52 Pick Up. 1986 · 1 hr 51 min. R. Thriller · Action · Crime · Drama. The wealthy husband of an aspiring politician gets caught in a compromising position with a young girl and becomes a target for blackmail and murder.
- John Frankenheimer
- January 1, 1986
- 110 min
52 pickup or 52-card pickup is a humorous prank which consists only of picking up a scattered deck of playing cards.
53% Tomatometer 17 Reviews. 46% Audience Score 500+ Ratings. Based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, this gritty movie follows a plot to blackmail wealthy industrialist Harry Mitchell...
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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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.
