The movie "Pacific Heights"

The movie Pacific Heights’ basic plot fits easily in a nutshell: After buying a multi-unit house they cant afford, Patty (Melanie Griffith) and Drake (Matthew Modine) become landlords (novice landlords to say the least!) and are toyed with & tormented by tenant-from-hell Carter Hayes (Michael Keaton), a man of many aliases who has made a career out of pillaging real-estate properties for profit.

The movie begins when Patty and Drake fall in love with a multi-apartment house in the prestigious, but pricey, Pacific Heights neighborhood. They lie on their loan application and do receive their l...