The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Directed by

Ida Lupino

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 11m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 209 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends on a road trip to Mexico pick up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a serial killer. He takes them hostage and forces them to drive him across the desert.

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What happens

The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American thriller film noir directed by Ida Lupino, who co-wrote it with her former husband Collier Young, 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 serial-murdering hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico. Produced independently and distributed by RKO Pictures, The Hitch-Hiker was the first mainstream-released American film of its type directed by a woman. It was selected in 1998 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." The film is in the public domain in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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