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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.
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- Drama
- Ted Post
- 1979-09-21
The movie closes with the assumption that Julie will have a bright future and we see her little sister Trish attempting to hitch. The movie’s moral is basically to teach young girls to stay away from hitchhiking and to teach the consequences of riding in cars with strangers. Cast. Charlene Tilton as Julie Thurston; Dick Van Patten as Herb ...
- Drama
- Ted Post
- Robert Malcolm Young
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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 ...
Synopsis. 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
Released September 21st, 1979, 'Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker' stars Dick Van Patten, Katherine Helmond, James Carroll Jordan, Katy Kurtzman The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and ...
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. Ted Post. Director. Robert M. Young.