52 Pick-Up
1986 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 6.0 · 49% critics
A successful Los Angeles businessman is threatened by blackmailers who have proof of an affair at the worst possible time, with his spouse in the public eye. Refusing to simply pay up pulls him into a grim, seedy fight where every move risks scandal, danger, and losing control.
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-11-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 49/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (144 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy hard-edged 1980s crime thrillers with dirty deals, escalating danger, and morally messy characters, somewhere near Sharky's Machine or Ricochet; Not for you if heavy sleaze or mean-spirited violence is a dealbreaker.
Pros: tense blackmail setup; grimy atmosphere; strong villain energy | Cons: very sleazy tone; dated feel; uneven pacing
Themes
- infidelity
- based on novel or book
- blackmail
- porn actor
- murder
- los angeles, california
- neo-noir
Cast & crew
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
- AH
Alex Henteloff
as Dan Lowenthal
Directed by John Frankenheimer