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The Hitch-Hiker

195371 minUnited States
Drama
Video edition
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Original language
English
This copy runs
70:58
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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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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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