I've not read the novel, but couldn't spot a connection to the game based on how things play out on screen. 52 Pick-Up is also the name of a 1986 American neo-noir thriller from director John Frankenheimer, one based on a novel by respected crime fiction writer Elmore Leonard. At least that's how it played when I was a lad. The kid in the know waves a pack of cards at an uninformed other and asks, "Do you want to play 52 Pick-Up?" If the answer is affirmative, the kid with the cards makes a big show of shuffling and preparing them, then throws the whole pack in the air and tells the other one, "OK, now pick them up." Ha bloody ha. Slarek finds good things in a film he's not completely sure of on the Blu-ray in Arrow's recent dual format release.įor those who've never encountered the term, 52 Pick-Up is (or perhaps was) a gag played by kids on each other using a standard pack of playing cards. Roy Scheider stars as a businessman who falls victim to a gang of blackmailers in 52 PICK-UP, John Frankenheimer's intriguing 1986 Elmore Leonard adaptation.
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