Movie
52 Pick-Up
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-11-07
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Roy Scheider as Harry Mitchell
- Ann-Margret as Barbara Mitchell
- Vanity as Doreen
- John Glover as Alan Raimy
- Robert Trebor as Leo Franks
- Lonny Chapman as Jim O'Boyle
- Kelly Preston as Cini
- Doug McClure as Mark Arveson
- Clarence Williams III as Bobby Shy
- Alex Henteloff as Dan Lowenthal
- Michelle Walker as Counter Girl
- Philip Bartko as Test Site Worker
Crew
- John Frankenheimer - Director
- Elmore Leonard - Screenplay
- John Steppling - Screenplay
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