ThrillerCrime

The Hitch-Hiker

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

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.

Release Date : 1953-03-30

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Roy Collins

Original Name : Edmond O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gilbert Bowen

Original Name : Frank Lovejoy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emmett Myers

Original Name : William Talman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Alvarado

Original Name : José Torvay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Broadcaster

Original Name : Sam Hayes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wendell Niles

Original Name : Wendell Niles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector General

Original Name : Jean Del Val

Gender : Male

Character Name : Government Agent

Original Name : Clark Howat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jose

Original Name : Natividad Vacío

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Agent

Original Name : Larry Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sleeping Mexican Peon

Original Name : Collier Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hendrickson

Original Name : Gordon Barnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : William Johnson

Original Name : Rodney Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salesman

Original Name : Orlando Beltran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Wade Crosby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : June Dinneen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Part

Original Name : Joe Dominguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mexican Guard

Original Name : Henry A. Escalante

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gas Station Attendant

Original Name : Al Ferrara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mexican Cop

Original Name : Taylor Flaniken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jose Abarrotes, Store Proprietor

Original Name : Nacho Galindo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Martín Garralaga

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief of Police

Original Name : Ed Hinton

Gender : Male

Character Name : News Broadcaster

Original Name : Jerry Lawrence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salesman

Original Name : George Navarro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Girl at Abarrotes

Original Name : Kathy Riggins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gas Station Owner

Original Name : Tony Roux

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Part

Original Name : Felipe Turich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman

Original Name : Rosa Turich

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-14

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 walk, through largely desert terrain heading for a port and his escape. To make matters worse, he has already informed them that when he gets there - he is going to kill them!. Ida Lupino directed this quite spooky drama with some skill and Edmond O'Brien and Frank Bowen play well together as the captives in what is essentially a taut three-hander. It does push the bounds of plausibility at times, though - there are opportunities to overwhelm their antagonist and after a while those begin to undermine the threat; you do begin to believe that good will out and so the tension starts to diminish quite quickly... It's a very darkly filmed, moody piece of cinema that is rarely seen nowadays and is still well worth catching up with almost 70 years on.