Palmetto (1998) on Netflix

Plot summary

Harry Barber reported for a Florida newspaper and uncovered corruption in the local government. He refused a bribe for his silence, found money deposited into his bank account, and served two years in prison. Testimony from a former police officer clears him, and he returns to Palmetto with his girlfriend, Nina. No one will hire him, and he spends his days in a local bar. Rhea Malroux, married to the richest man in town, offers him work: help her and her stepdaughter, Odette, take $500,000 from her husband by faking Odette's kidnapping, with ten percent for Harry. Harry visits the Malroux mansion, meets Rhea and Odette, and agrees. When Odette goes missing, the story reaches the police, and Harry's brother-in-law, a detective, asks him to help with the press.