Palmetto

In a town this bad, it's no use being good.

Plot Summary

After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feeling like he were owed something for his loss of time, he proceeds to get himself involved in a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagined.

5.9 /10

1998

US

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based on novel or book

kidnapping

cigarette

femme fatale

scam

writer

framed for a crime

set up

temptation

newspaper reporter

ransom demand

rich daughter

neo-noir

rich wife

investigative reporter

sucker

kidnapping gone wrong