The read
A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 58%, Metacritic 55/100. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Metacritic55/100
158 audience votes
Key crew
- Elmore LeonardScreenplay
- John FrankenheimerDirector
- John StepplingScreenplay
- Gary ChangOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Roy ScheiderHarry Mitchell
- Ann-MargretBarbara Mitchell
- VanityDoreen
- John GloverAlan Raimy
- Robert TreborLeo Franks
- Lonny ChapmanJim O'Boyle
- Kelly PrestonCini
- Doug McClureMark Arveson
- Clarence Williams IIIBobby Shy
- Alex HenteloffDan Lowenthal
- Michelle WalkerCounter Girl
- Philip BartkoTest Site Worker
Movies like 52 Pick-Up
Themes
infidelitybased on novel or bookblackmailporn actormurderlos angeles, californianeo-noir