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Hitch Hiker (1953)

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The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American film noir written and directed by Ida Lupino, starring Edmond O’Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy, about two friends taken hostage by a hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico.

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"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

The Godfather Part II (1974)

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Runtime:71 minutes

Director: Ida Lupino

Country:United States

Actors:

Edmond O'Brien

Roy Collins

Frank Lovejoy

Gilbert Bowen

William Talman

Emmett Myers

José Torvay

Capt. Alvarado

Sam Hayes

Radio Broadcaster

Wendell Niles

Jean Del Val

Inspector General

Clark Howat

Government Agent

Natividad Vacío

Jose

Gordon Barnes

Hendrickson

Rating:

(9'596 votes)

Languages:English, Spanish

Genres:Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Writers:

Collier Young

(screenplay) and

Ida Lupino

(screenplay)

Robert L. Joseph

(adaptation) (as Robert Joseph)

Daniel Mainwaring

(uncredited)

Producers:

Christian Nyby

associate producer

Keywords:hostage, manhunt, hijack, trip, mexico

Production company:

The Filmakers

(present)

Plots: Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over. 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. He sadistically taunts and threatens the two men and perversely delights in telling them that he has them both marked for death sometime before the end of the trip. His destination is a ferryboat in Baja, California, which he hopes will help him get to the mainland. The hostages hope to stay alive long enough to escape or be rescued by Mexican authorities.

Goofs: Character error When Bowen (Frank Lovejoy) tells the little girl in the store "Vaya usted con Diós", he tells Myers (William Talman) that he told her "Go you with God, little one". In fact, what he told her was simply "Go with God". The word "usted", meaning "you", is silent; it is not translated into English. And the words "little one" were not uttered at all, in either Spanish or English. Continuity After the trio stops to disconnect their stuck car horn, further down the road they experience a tire blow-out. As the car comes to a stop, the car horn can be briefly heard. Continuity When Frank Lovejoy shoots the can from Edmund O'Brien's right hand with his rifle, the next scene shows the rifle with the hammer cocked which it would not be if he just fired the rifle. The rifle is a pump .22, not a semi-automatic.

Quotes:

Emmett Myers : You guys are soft. You know what makes you that way? You're up to your neck in IOU's. You're suckers! You're scared to get out on your own. You've always had it good, so you're soft. Well, not me! Nobody ever gave me anything, so I don't owe nobody!

Emmett Myers : My folks were tough. When I was born, they took one look at this puss of mine and told me to get lost.

Roy Collins : You stink, Myers! You smell! Just like your clothes! Sure, you'll make it to Guaymas, but they'll catch up with you and put you out of your misery. You haven't got a chance. You haven't got a thing except that gun! You'd better hang onto it because without it, you're finished!

Taglines: « When was the last time you invited death into your car? » , « Who'll be his next victim... YOU? » , « there's Death in his upraised Thumb! »

Also known as: The Hitch-Hiker ( Canada ), The Hitch-Hiker ( United Kingdom ), The Hitch-Hiker ( Israel ), The Hitch-Hiker ( Mexico )

Composer: Leith Stevens

Trailer: Official Trailer

Source:

IMDb's page for this movie

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