The Hitch-Hiker
The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino, starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy, about two friends taken hostage by a hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico.
Plot
In the early 1950s, a hitchhiker robs and kills a succession of people who offer him rides. A suspect, Emmett Myers (Talman), is publicized in newspaper headlines.
More details
author | Daniel Mainwaring Ida Lupino Robert L. Joseph |
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contentLocation | Mexico Southern California |
director | Ida Lupino |
editor | Douglas Stewart |
events | escape fugitive hostage crisis psychopathy |
genre | crime drama thriller |
keywords | abduct arrest attempt to escape baja california baja california peninsula dirt road discover drive end fishing boat fishing trip guaymas gulf of california hostage hunt kill mexicali newspaper headline one night pick up tin can wait |
musicBy | Leith Stevens |
producer | Collier Young |
productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures The Filmakers Inc. |
publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |
theme | film noir road movie |