Movie
The Hitch-Hiker
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1953-03-30
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Filmakers, RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Edmond O'Brien as Roy Collins
- Frank Lovejoy as Gilbert Bowen
- William Talman as Emmett Myers
- José Torvay as Captain Alvarado
- Sam Hayes as Radio Broadcaster
- Wendell Niles as Wendell Niles
- Jean Del Val as Inspector General
- Clark Howat as Government Agent
- Natividad Vacío as Jose
- Larry Hudson as FBI Agent
- Collier Young as Sleeping Mexican Peon
- Gordon Barnes as Hendrickson
Crew
- Ida Lupino - Director
- Ida Lupino - Screenplay
- Collier Young - Screenplay
- Robert L. Joseph - Screenplay
- Daniel Mainwaring - Story
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