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The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American independent [2] film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino, and starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy. Based on the 1950 killing spree of Billy Cook, the film follows two friends who are taken hostage by a murderous hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico. [3]
The Hitch-Hiker: Directed by Ida Lupino. With Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay. Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
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...
Sep 15, 2012 · Two men (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) on a fishing trip pick up a hitchhiker named Emmett Myers (William Talman), who turns out to be a psychopath who has...
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The Hitch-Hiker follows the movements of killer Emmett Myers (played by William Talman), who robs and murders his way around the country.
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.
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Oct 1, 2018 · The production of The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953) began with a story written by Robert Joseph, titled “The Persuader”, in which two ex-army buddies on a fishing road trip to Mexico pick up a shadowy male hitch-hiker on a deserted road.
Feb 27, 2014 · Directed and co-written by Ida Lupino and shot by Nicholas Musuraca, whose credits include Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase (1945) and Tourneur’s Out of the Past (1947), The Hitch-Hiker (1953) is a taut, compelling, and at times brilliantly suggestive film noir-thriller.
Overview. 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.
