Palmetto (1998)
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. 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, all evidence points to protagonist
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