The Hitch-Hiker

1953

NR

1h 11m

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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 two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

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Writers

Ida Lupino(screenplay by)
Collier Young(screenplay by)
Robert L. Joseph(screenplay by)
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Edmond O'Brien
Roy Collins
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Frank Lovejoy
Gilbert Bowen
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William Talman
Emmett Myers
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José Torvay
Captain Alvarado
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Sam Hayes
Radio Broadcaster
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Wendell Niles
Wendell Niles
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Jean Del Val
Inspector General
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Clark Howat
Government Agent
Larry Hudson
FBI Agent
Collier Young
Sleeping Mexican Peon
Gordon Barnes
Hendrickson
Rodney Bell
William Johnson
June Dinneen
Waitress
Henry A. Escalante
Mexican Guard

Directors

Writers

Ida Lupino(screenplay by)
Collier Young(screenplay by)
Robert L. Joseph(screenplay by)

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Release date

March 30, 1953 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Languages

English
Spanish

Production company

RKO Radio Pictures

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