| | |  | POLAND | Home » » 52 Pick-Up | | | | | | | Description: | | An adulterous businessman is blackmailed and, unable to go to the police, decides to take matters into his own hands, entering into a deadly contest of wills with the criminals. Director John Frankenheimer's tense thriller, based on an Elmore Leonard story, stars Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, John Glover, and Vanity. 110 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital; Subtitles: English, Spanish. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor | | Director:
| John Frankenheimer | | Format:
| Color, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| MGM (Video & DVD) | | Run Time:
| 110 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| June 12, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
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34 of 38 found the following review helpful:
 View This one...SPORT!Nov 12, 2001
By Hillary
That's what Alan Raimy, played by John Glover, nick-names his blackmailing victim, played by Roy Scheider, in this highly entertaining film.
This movie features a trio of of bad guys that is unsurpassed. Roy Scheider finds himself meeting them face to ski mask after a brief affair with stripper "Cindy" played by a young Kelly Preston. Cindy worked at a strip club with Prince protege Vanity, as Doreen. Doreen just happens to be dating Bobby, part of the trio. Bobby is brought to low-life by a thoroughly demented Clarence Williams the Third (Mod Squad). There is a great scene where Bobby comes into Doreens apartment while she's asleep. Bobby thinks Doreen gave Scheider the info to find out who and where they are. To insure she's telling the truth when she says she never told him, he almost suffocates her with her own giant teddy bear. Then hilariously, after she is completely terrified, and he satisfied she's been truthful, he tells her to "get some rest." Sure!
There is also the pathetic Leo, third man in the trio, but he's more like Alan and Bobby's gofer. He's weak, and folds easily under pressure.>Meanwhile, Scheider's affair ends up video-taped by the trio while in a hotel with Cindy, and the trio then gets a hold of him to show him a video tape where they use his stolen gun to shoot and murder her. From there, the trio tries to extort money from Scheider, but all he and politcal wife Ann-Margret can afford is $52,000...hence the title.
This movie has a great feel, pacing, and really keeps you interested throughout. John Glover as Alan Raimy, leader of the gang, and porn king who runs an X-rated movie theatre, is highly amusing. He enjoys video-taping homemade porno movies, and calling Scheider "Sport." He thinks he's got Scheider just where he wants him, but finds out soon enough, his is a losers game.
This is a great John Frankenheimer masterpiece, and like many great films, will end up missed by most. If you've read this review though, maybe I've convinced you to check it out. You'll be riveted beginning to end, guaranteed.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 A nasty little gem..."Hey SPORT"Aug 10, 2005
By G. Mitchell
"greggmitch"
I saw this in the theaters when it first came out in the 80s, not expecting much, but then - BAM! - this nasty little gem of a thriller delivers thrills in spades. JOHN GLOVER creates one of the most chilling, yet hilarious, villains in film history - and the film's most infamous sequence - the videotape replay of Cindy's snuff-movie murder that Glover forces Scheider to watch in horror SITTING THE SAME CHAIR WHERE SHE WAS KILLED! - still never fails to disturb the viewer. Frankenheimer directs how the best do: so seamless and suble and unobtrusive, you never notice him tightening the screws right up until a white-knuckle climax. I cannot quite believe this film is still NOT ON DVD, even though the shelves are crammed with lesser product. C'mon, guys, get with it! Once you see 52 PICK-UP, you will never forget it.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Definitely entertaining suspense film has a great cast.Sep 26, 1999
Ignore the critics' griping and groaning about how boring and awful this movie is. How can you go wrong with Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret? It turns out that Sceider's affair with a young Kelly Preston is being survelanced by a gang of thugs who plan on blackmailing him for about a 1/2 a million bucks. He is forced to take matters into his own hands when he cannot go to the police, and the thugs go after his wife Ann-Margret. (Honestly, who could cheat on HER? Leonard Maltin said this was cruddy, but it's actually very good.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
"Gotta lot a mileage on her"Oct 08, 2005
By ajsteele
I've been waiting for this movie to be released on dvd in widescreen with extras for years. I hope Roy Scheider knows about this non release. The movie has been forgotten or hung up for whatever reason and it's a damn shame. The acting is superior all around. John Glover plays one of the best weird, cleverly evil criminals of filmdom. Yes I'd go that far. The movie has a mixture of many elements. One element captures perfectly the decadent street sex of the eighties. Also mixed in between Roy Scheiders affluent fish out of water charactor are drugs, kidnapping, revenge, love, lust, redemption and betrayal. Also added to the boiling pot are an unusual assembly of actors. Some are the epitome of the eighties. Others are old screen stars, decent tv actors, then unknown names, great charactor actors and even a "cameo" by a renowned porn "star". This caldron, well paced and plotted really nails it. Some may say I'm overratting it, and maybe I am a bit, but hey, I'm the reviewer. 52 Pickup is well done, particually now in a nostalgic way. Forget the VHS tape(even laserdisc). DVD only. Hang in there sport. [UPDATE 6/9/07: Im sure Roy Schieder does know what happening with this film. I have a multi region dvd player and have finally seen this classic on dvd. It can be purchased through Amazon as a region 2 disc. Several web sites have also pointed out that it will be released in the good old USA this summer. The region 2 disc picture and audio are just ok. Im hoping the region 1 release will be much improved with seriously needed extras. "She still cooks." ]
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
One of the best Hollywood movies about porn, period!Feb 10, 2002
This is my all-time favorite thriller and one of the best movies that deals with (as a subplot, at least) the subject of porn. I highly recommend it as a companion piece to Brian De Palma's BODY DOUBLE. The acting is impeccable, especially John Glover as one of the slimiest bad guys in film history, and John Frankenheimer's directing is flawless. It's sad to see that this film, which was a hit in 1986, was not appreciated by most critics at the time and is almost entirely forgotten by most folks today. Having appeared in porn myself once upon a time, this film is much closer to the truth than the disappointing and much-Hollywoodized BOOGIE NIGHTS. Two big thumbs up from this ex-porn actor!
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