Directed by: Lee Frost
Stars: Wes Bishop, Stefan Zema, Lois Ursone, Lynn Harris, David F. Friedman, Bob Cresse, Antoinette Maynard, Maria Lease, Meri McDonald
Language: English
Country: Usa | Imdb Info
Description: Tony is a grizzled courier with nerves of steel, sunglasses permanently fixed like armor, and a million-dollar handoff in the trunk of his Cadillac. His rookie partner, Frankie, is fresh off the plane and dazzled by the neon haze of Las Vegas — the Strip glows like daylight, and temptation is everywhere.
Their job? Simple. Deliver two suitcases stuffed with mob cash to L.A. What could go wrong?
Everything.
Somewhere between sin city and the California line, they stumble on two beautiful women stranded by the roadside. Seemingly helpless and grateful, the ladies accept a ride — but by nightfall, everyone is tangled up in motel bedsheets and half-truths. By morning, the girls — and the money — are gone.
Now on the run from their own employers and with the clock ticking, Tony and Frankie must track the women down before the mob tracks them. Their search spirals into a grim underworld of smoky hotel rooms, double-crosses, and sadistic retribution. Along the way, the lines between punishment and pleasure blur, with brutal scenes of torture — whippings, waterboarding, and electricity used not just as tools of interrogation, but weapons of vengeance.
But as the trail leads back to Las Vegas in a final twist of irony, nothing is as it seems — and the ultimate betrayal may not come from the women at all.
A raw blend of pulp noir and exploitation grit, The Pick-Up is a relic of the “roughie” era — stylish, sleazy, and unrepentant. Directed by Lee Frost, it’s a desert noir drenched in sweat, sin, and sex, where the only certainty is that nobody walks away clean.
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