Adaptations (2)
52 Pick-Up has been adapted into 2 films, from 1984 to 1986.
The Ambassador1984 · film · 97 min · dir. J. Lee Thompson · IMDb ↗IMDb5.3An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.
52 Pick-Up1986 · film · 110 min · dir. John Frankenheimer · IMDb ↗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.
