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52 Pick-Up is a 1986 American neo-noir crime film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, and Vanity. [3] It is based on Elmore Leonard 's 1974 novel 52 Pickup and is the second adaptation of it after The Ambassador (1984).
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story- and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.
Pickup is a 1951 American low-budget film noir starring Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon and Howland Chamberlain.Written and directed by Haas, a Czech actor and filmmaker, it was his first American film behind the camera.
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The movie's advertising slogan was: "The only thing he couldn't do was stick to the rules." Leonard hung up a poster in his den with the word "rules" covered by a piece of paper on which was written the word "script". [4] "The movie isn't anything like the book," he said. "The plot was taken out. In place of the scam are machine guns." [22]
People who rested their arms on their laps drove up the top number in the blood pressure reading (systolic pressure) by nearly 4 mmHg, while leaving their arm hanging at their side increased it by ...
Long before his first released feature Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino met with Craig Hamann and was introduced to his 30-40 page script, My Best Friend's Birthday. Tarantino helped expand the script up to 80 pages and agreed to direct the film. On a $5,000 budget and a 16 mm camera, the film was shot in the span of four years. It was often alleged ...
Raylan Givens is a fictional character created by American novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard.. Givens is a Deputy U.S. Marshal and initially appeared in the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap.