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The Hitch-Hiker

Who'll be his next victim... YOU?

  • Movie
  • 1953
  • NR
  • 1h 11m

Directed by Ida Lupino

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 216 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Edmond O'Brien

    Edmond O'BrienRoy Collins

  • Frank Lovejoy

    Frank LovejoyGilbert Bowen

  • William Talman

    William TalmanEmmett Myers

  • José Torvay

    José TorvayCaptain Alvarado

  • Sam Hayes

    Sam HayesRadio Broadcaster

  • Wendell Niles

    Wendell NilesWendell Niles

  • Jean Del Val

    Jean Del ValInspector General

  • Clark Howat

    Clark HowatGovernment Agent

  • Natividad Vacío

    Natividad VacíoJose

  • Larry HudsonFBI Agent

  • Collier YoungSleeping Mexican Peon

  • Gordon BarnesHendrickson

  • Rodney BellWilliam Johnson

  • Orlando BeltranSalesman

  • Wade Crosby

    Wade CrosbyJoe

  • June DinneenWaitress

  • Joe DominguezBit Part

  • Henry A. EscalanteMexican Guard

Director
Ida Lupino
Writer
Collier Young, Ida Lupino and Robert L. Joseph
Music
Leith Stevens
Cinematography
Nicholas Musuraca