The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

Who'll be his next victim... YOU?

1953•1h 11m•6.8/10

ThrillerCrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(201)

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

Roy Collins

Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy

Gilbert Bowen

William Talman

William Talman

Emmett Myers

José Torvay

José Torvay

Captain Alvarado

Sam Hayes

Sam Hayes

Radio Broadcaster

Wendell Niles

Wendell Niles

Wendell Niles

Jean Del Val

Jean Del Val

Inspector General

Clark Howat

Clark Howat

Government Agent

Natividad Vacío

Natividad Vacío

Jose

Larry Hudson

FBI Agent

Collier Young

Sleeping Mexican Peon

Gordon Barnes

Hendrickson

Rodney Bell

William Johnson

Orlando Beltran

Salesman

Wade Crosby

Wade Crosby

Joe

June Dinneen

Waitress

Joe Dominguez

Bit Part

Henry A. Escalante

Mexican Guard

Al Ferrara

Gas Station Attendant

Taylor Flaniken

Mexican Cop

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