ApprovedThe Hitch-Hiker

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Play Time: 71 mins
Thriller, Crime
The Hitch-Hiker

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.

Status: Released (1953-03-30)
Awards:1 win
Screen:Collier Young, Ida Lupino, Robert L. Joseph
Productions: RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English, Español
The Hitch-Hiker
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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 wal ....

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