Part of the motivation for Julian (Richard Gere) to continue his "career" as a well paid "escort" (read high class call boy), in Paul Schrader's controversial "American Gigolo" (1980) is to make enough money to retire to Sweden. In fact he spends all his spare time learning the language and driving the roads and freeways of Los Angeles in his beat-up Pinto dreaming of escape. In fact, he drives this Pinto as a sign of just how much he is sacrificing now for a new life in the future. This is Gere's hero screen used Pinto California license plate (486 NUB).