About this movie
- Genres:
- Horror, Science Fiction, Drama
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 1:10:45
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- 1953
- Quality:
- 480 (DVD equivalent)
Cast & Crew
Cast
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Edmond O'Brien
Ray Collins
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Frank Lovejoy
Gilbert Bowen
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William Talman
Emmett Myers
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José Torvay
Capt. Alvarado
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Sam Hayes
Sam
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Wendell Niles
Wendell
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Jean del Val
Inspector General
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Clark Howat
Government Agent
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Natividad Vacio
Jose
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Rodney Bell
William Johnson
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Wade Crosby
Joe the Bartender
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Ed Hinton
Chief of Police
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Larry Hudson
FBI Agent
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Henry Escalante
Mexican Guard
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Gordon Barnes
Hendrickson
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Al Ferrara
Gas Station Attendant
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Nacho Galindo
Proprietor
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Martin Garralaga
Bartender
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Tony Roux
Gas Station Owner
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Jerry Lawrence
News Broadcaster
Directors
- Ida Lupino
Producers
- Collier Young
- Ida Lupino
Writers
- Robert L. Joseph
The Hitch-hiker
Daniel Mainwaring took this story right out of the headlines of the day, penning this true story of a mass murderer who was eventually executed in San Quentin's gas chamber. Released during McCarthy's witch-hunt, Mainwaring was not given credit because Howard R. Hughes, who produced it under RKO, refused to give credit to any "radicals." The story is that of two men on a fishing trip who pick up a hitchhiker. He turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who has committed multiple murders, a sociopath who hates humanity because of his own abuse as a child. He also has an affliction which terrifies these two men: an eye which is permanently open, thereby never allowing them to know if he is really asleep or just faking it--something which he does with regularity to scare them...letting them take off and then meeting up with them just as they feel they have escaped from him. A tense thriller skillfully directed by the only female director of the time, Ida Lupino, it is a suspenseful tale of terror on the highways.
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