The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

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(10516)

Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1953-04-29
Director: Ida Lupino
Writers: Collier Young , Ida Lupino , Robert L. Joseph
Language: English | Spanish
Stars: Edmond O’Brien , Frank Lovejoy , William Talman , José Torvay , Sam Hayes , Wendell Niles , Jean Del Val , Clark Howat , Natividad Vacío , Gordon Barnes
Runtime: 71 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: El autoestopista (Spain) , Le Voyage de la peur (France, French Republic) , Se opp for Hitch-Hikere (Morderen er løs) (Norway) , Стопаджията (Bulgaria) , ヒッチ・ハイカー (Japan) , Bilrånaren (Sweden) , The Hitch-Hiker (United Kingdom) , The Persuader (United States of America) , La belva dell'autostrada (Italy) , A stoppos (Hungary) , O Mundo Odeia-me (Brazil) , Autostopowicz (Poland) , Ο δολοφόνος της λεωφόρου (Greece) , Le voyage de la peur (France, French Republic) , Hitchi haikâ (Japan) , The Hitch-Hiker , De lifter (Netherlands the) , The Hitch-Hiker (Canada) , La muerte al acecho (Chile) , Der Anhalter (Germany) , Arrojada Aventura (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Varo vapaamatkustajia (Finland) , Autostopistul (Romania) , The Hitch-Hiker (United States of America) , The Difference (United States of America) , Автостопщик , Blafferen (Denmark) , Avtoštopar (Slovenia) , The Hitch-Hiker (Israel) , The Hitch-Hiker (Mexico) , L'auto-stop de la mort (Belgium) , Stopař (Czech Republic) , The Hitch-Hiker (Canada)
Plot: Two friends on a fishing trip pick up a stranded motorist who turns out to be a psychopathic escaped convict. This sociopath has already murdered other good Samaritans in his efforts to evade authorities. He sadistically taunts and threatens the two men and perversely delights in telling them that he has them both marked for death sometime before the end of the trip. His destination is a ferryboat in Baja, California, which he hopes will help him get to the mainland. The hostages hope to stay alive long enough to escape or be rescued by Mexican authorities.
IMDB:tt0045877