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Simply and sturdily constructed, The Hitch-Hiker consistently derives genuine terror from a chillingly plausible scenario. Read critic reviews
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Ray (Edmond O'Brien) and Gilbert's (Frank Lovejoy) fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker (William Talman) 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, make it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
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Genre: Mystery & thriller
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Original Language: English
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Director: Ida Lupino
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Producer: Collier Young
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Writer: Collier Young, Ida Lupino
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
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Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
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Critic Reviews for The Hitch-Hiker
Audience Reviews for The Hitch-Hiker
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William Talman's portrayal of the sinister Emmett Myers is rarely talked about, but it should be considered as one of the best performances of its kind. Ida Lupino is considered to be the first woman to direct a Hollywood noir. The Hitch-Hiker was one of two 1950 films that featured Americans in Mexico tormented by an American psychopath. The other was John Sturges' Jeopardy.
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Ida Lupino directed this tough little pot-boiler of a thriller about 2 regular guys on a fishing trip who get kidnapped by one psychologically scarred piece of work for a cross-country trip via automobile. Everything's good here, everything, the direction, the acting, the writing ... a great noir.
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A pretty good movie, but it could be better, especially now that there have been so many other movies like this one.
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Interesting due to the fact that it is directed by a female, Ida Lupino. Didn't find anything special here, just didn't quite work.
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