The Hitch-Hiker

Name: The Hitch-Hiker
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1953-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.829

About The Hitch-Hiker

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again.

The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 crime thriller film directed by Ida Lupino. Edmond O'Brien takes the lead as Roy Collins, Frank Lovejoy as Gilbert Bowen, William Talman as Emmett Myers, and José Torvay as Captain Alvarado.

It runs 71 minutes and was released in March 1953. Written by Collier Young and Ida Lupino.

Shelv files it under film noir, mexico, and hitchhiker. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix in the United States. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 214 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

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