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The Hitch-Hiker

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The Hitch-Hiker
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NR,1hr 11min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1953
Director:
Ida Lupino
Distributor:
Roan Archival Group
Starring:
Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman  ...more
Synopsis: Daniel Mainwaring took this story right out of the headlines of the day, penning this true story of a mass murderer who was eventually executed in San Quentin's gas chamber. Released during McCarthy's witch-hunt, Mainwaring was not given credit because Howard R. Hughes, who produced it under RKO, refused to give credit to any "radicals." The story is that of two men on a fishing trip who pick up a hitchhiker. He turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who has committed multiple murders, a sociopath ... Full Synopsis
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Adam Bregman, AMG Review
A taut, thrilling B-movie, The Hitch-Hiker features fasten-your-seatbelts, edge-of-your-seat tension from start to finish. Ida Lupino really makes her mark here as a director with a film that is as tough and merciless as anything any of her male counterparts were creating at the time. Edmund O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy are good as regular joes who are on the longest and worst fishing trip of their lives. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Edmond O'Brien
Ray Collins
Frank Lovejoy
Gilbert Bowen
William Talman
Emmett Myers
José Torvay
Capt. Alvarado
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