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The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 30, 1953

Runtime

1h 11m

Genres

Thriller, Crime

User Score

68%

Original Title

The Hitch-Hiker

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

Ida Lupino

Description

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.