The Hitch-Hiker 1953

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 71 min

genre: thriller

theme: film noir

director: Ida Lupino

Score: 5 / 10

The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino, and starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy. Based on the 1950 killing spree of Billy Cook, the film follows two friends who are taken hostage by a murderous hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico.

Plot

In the early 1950s, a hitchhiker robs and kills motorists who offer him rides. A suspect, Emmett Myers (Talman), is publicized in newspaper headlines.

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author	Daniel Mainwaring Ida Lupino Robert L. Joseph
contentLocation	Mexico Southern California
director	Ida Lupino
editor	Douglas Stewart
events	escape fugitive hostage taking psychopathy
genre	crime drama thriller
keywords	arrest attempt to escape baja california baja california desert baja california sur break california california desert car radio checkpoint drive even if it would mean the other would be and killed fishing boat fishing trip gas station guaymas gulf of california hostage kill law enforcement law enforcement in mexico learn manhunt mexicali mexican law enforcement mexico–united states border morning newspaper headline pick up plan police investigation prisoner\'s dilemma security checkpoint tin can wedding ring
musicBy	Leith Stevens
producer	Collier Young
productionCompany	RKO Radio Pictures The Filmakers Inc.
publisher	RKO Radio Pictures
theme	film noir road movie