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Sep 21, 1979 · Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker: Directed by Ted Post. With Dominique Dunne, Dick Van Patten, Katherine Helmond, James Carroll Jordan. Teenage Julie Thurston has no wheels, so she hitchhikes to get around.
- (199)
- Drama
- Ted Post
- 1979-09-21
Plot. In the fictional Southern California town of Port Kirby, almost 18 year old teenage Julie Thurston joins her friends Cathy, Francine, and Dana on a hitchhiking circuit that is popular among the teen girls in the town. It’s the summer after their high school graduation.
In the 70s young women knew the dangers of hitchhiking yet continued to take their chances.
- 95 min
- 2.6K
- FunFilm Mix
A rebellious seventeen-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up ultimately by a homicidal maniac.
- Ron Rondell, Ted Post
- Alain Patrick
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker is one of the last great TV movies of the magnificent 1970s, containing some over-the-top elements which make it a jaw-droppingly tawdry and lurid experience. The film is sensationalist to a fault, almost a living tabloid newspaper, detailing in gruesome detail a phenomenon which may or may not have actually ...
A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac.
1979. 2 hr 0 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Critics gave thumbs down to this lurid tale about the dangers of hitching rides. Charlene Tilton, Dick Van Patten, Katherine Helmond. Leland: James Carroll ...
