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The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

6,8 /10 (207 Votes)
1953 EN 71 min

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.

Stream

Rent

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Release date

30/03/1953

Votes

207

Popularity

0.7

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

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

71 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-11-14

⭐ 6

William Talman ("Myers") is great in this thriller that follows the tortuous journey of two fishermen who stopped to pick up a traveller and discover they are now in the hands of a gun-toting psychopath. Determined to escape the pursuing authorities, he forces them to drive, then walk, through largely desert terrain heading for a port and his escape. To make matters worse, he has already informed them that when he gets there - he is going to kill them!. Ida Lupino directed this quite spooky drama with some skill and Edmond O'Brien and Frank Bowen play well together as the captives in what is e…

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