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61% Critic Match
52 Pick-Up
“His Wife... His Mistress... His Career... A Deadly Trap”
6.1 / 10• 1986• 1h 50m•R• English
CrimeThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Roy Scheider
Harry Mitchell
Lead
Ann-Margret
Barbara Mitchell
Vanity
Doreen
John Glover
Alan Raimy
Robert Trebor
Leo Franks
Lonny Chapman
Jim O'Boyle
Kelly Preston
Cini
Doug McClure
Mark Arveson
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Frankenheimer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. 52 Pick-Up is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
