52 Pick-Up

52 Pick-Up (1986)

  • 45% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (673 ratings)

Wealthy metallurgist Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider) lives to regret his extramarital affair with pretty young Cini (Kelly Preston). A trio of vicious blackmailers (John Glover, Robert Trebor, Clarence Williams III) show Mitchell a videotape of his most recent roll in the sack with Cini. They demand a… More

In Theaters
Nov 7, 1986 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...a thriller that's woefully lacking in thrills...

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Enjoyably degenerate

  • Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

    Roy Scheider is at his hard-boiled best and John Glover is a loathsomely slimy villain in this tough thriller that was quite graphic for its time. Sometimes unpleasant, but always interesting.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Overbaked, underfed Elmore Leonard adaptation.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    A good thriller, it's exciting, dramatic, and even scary at times. I actually started to feel sympathy for the blackmailers towards the end of it. The actors are really terrific, all of them. The story is both realistic and incredible at the same time. It's really… More

  • Adam M


    Musical score is the worst part, everything else is tense and great, including a series of propulsive crane shots and steadicam work that rolls behind and in front of characters. Scheider does an impressive job as equal parts tough guy and desperate man. Clarence Williams III and John… More

  • alan j


    very under rated but thoroughly enjoyable crime/action film.....interesting story, capable acting by ann maraget and Scheider, and a terrific supporting cast...notably John Glover, who provides us with a uniquely interesting villian. Nothing new here, but with these strong… More

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