52 Pick-Up (1986)

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.

Genres: Crime, Thriller

What to watch after 52 Pick-Up

• The Seven-Ups (1973) — Two steps away in the credits
• Masquerade (1988) — Same feel: tense, dramatic
• Dead Bang (1989) — John Frankenheimer directed both
• Heist (2001) — Same subject: blackmail
• Best Seller (1987) — Same subject: murder
• Klute (1971) — Two steps away in the credits