The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

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

  • Genre: Thriller, Crime
  • Release Date: 1953-03-30
  • User Rating: 6.794/10 from 177 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ida Lupino
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Summary

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.

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  • Edmond O'Brien

    as Roy Collins
  • Frank Lovejoy

    as Gilbert Bowen
  • William Talman

    as Emmett Myers
  • José Torvay

    as Captain Alvarado
  • Sam Hayes

    as Radio Broadcaster
  • Wendell Niles

    as Wendell Niles
  • Jean Del Val

    as Inspector General
  • Clark Howat

    as Government Agent
  • Natividad Vacío

    as Jose
  • Larry Hudson

    as FBI Agent
  • Collier Young

    as Sleeping Mexican Peon
  • Gordon Barnes

    as Hendrickson
  • Rodney Bell

    as William Johnson
  • Orlando Beltran

    as Salesman
  • Wade Crosby

    as Joe
  • June Dinneen

    as Waitress
  • Joe Dominguez

    as Bit Part
  • Henry A. Escalante

    as Mexican Guard
  • Al Ferrara

    as Gas Station Attendant
  • Taylor Flaniken

    as Mexican Cop
  • Nacho Galindo

    as Jose Abarrotes, Store Proprietor
  • Martín Garralaga

    as Bartender
  • Ed Hinton

    as Chief of Police
  • Jerry Lawrence

    as News Broadcaster
  • George Navarro

    as Salesman
  • Kathy Riggins

    as Little Girl at Abarrotes
  • Tony Roux

    as Gas Station Owner
  • Felipe Turich

    as Bit Part
  • Rosa Turich

    as Woman
Directing Ida Lupino Director
Writing Collier Young Screenplay
Writing Ida Lupino Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Mel Berns Makeup Artist
Sound Leith Stevens Original Music Composer
Camera Nicholas Musuraca Director of Photography
Production Christian Nyby Associate Producer
Production Collier Young Producer
Editing Douglas Stewart Editor
Art Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Art Walter E. Keller Art Direction
Art Harley Miller Set Decoration
Art Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Directing William Dorfman Assistant Director
Crew Harold E. Wellman Special Effects
Sound C. Bakaleinikoff Music Director
Production James H. Anderson Producer's Assistant
Production Robert Eggenweiler Producer's Assistant
Writing Robert L. Joseph Screenplay
Writing Daniel Mainwaring Story
Sound Clem Portman Sound Designer
Sound Roy Meadows Sound Designer

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