Edmond O'Brien
Roy Collins
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Synopsis
Two friends on a fishing trip offer a stranger a ride across the Mexican borderlands. He draws a gun and takes control of the journey. Their shared holiday becomes a tense effort to survive a captor who has already killed other motorists.
Cast
DirectorsIda Lupino
Inspirations
Ida Lupino's film draws on Billy Cook's 1950 crimes but changes names and circumstances. The real case supplies a point of departure for a tightly focused hostage story, rather than a complete reconstruction.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Edmond O'Brien — N/A studio · Public domain
- Frank Lovejoy — United States Steel Corporation, the program sponsor. · Public domain
- William Talman — Trailer screenshot · Public domain
- Jean Del Val — film screenshot (RKO Pictures) · Public domain
