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His Wife... His Mistress... His Career... A Deadly Trap

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.

Director

John Frankenheimer

Created by

Henry T. Weinstein

Writers

Elmore Leonard,John Steppling