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The film begins with Carter Hayes (Keaton) lying in bed with a woman (Beverly D’Angelo), only to be quickly jostled out of bed and beaten up by some hired thugs who tell him to leave town or face worse consequences.

The story then moves to an unmarried couple, Patty Palmer (Griffith) and Drake Goodman (Modine) buying a large $750,000+ polychrome house in the exclusive San Francisco neighborhood of Pacific Heights, where they renovate it and plan to rent the two apartments on the first floor to cover most of the monthly mortgage.

Things seem rosy until they meet Carter Hayes who has all the trappings of being a good tenant. In reality, Hayes is a con artist who does not pay either the rent or the security deposit, and changes the locks on all the doors. In short order, Hayes causes the Goodmans all sorts of trouble through scare tactics, verbal baiting and turning his own apartment into a dark cockroach-infested den. It is all part of Hayes’ elaborate scheme to use the California tenant laws against the Goodmans to obtain the property cheaply. The constant stress causes Patty to have a miscarriage. Drake assaults Hayes, who then vanishes almost without a trace.

While Goodman lies in bed recovering from gun shot wounds inflicted by Hayes (who was not incriminated due to Drake disobeying a restraining order), Patty becomes determined to have her revenge. She searches what remains of the apartment and is able to track Hayes down to his new con game involving a wealthy widow (Hedren).

Patty poses as Hayes’ wife in order to get into his hotel room and charge expensive room service on his credit cards and then call in to have them declared stolen. When Hayes returns, he is arrested and forced to charm his way out of jail. Hayes quickly makes it back to the apartment and a fight erupts between Patty and him, resulting in Hayes’ demise.

Starring – Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton
Director – John Schlesinger
Screenplay – Daniel Pyne
IMDB – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100318/
Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Heights_(film)

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