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The Hitch-Hiker (1953) [NR]

Release Date:
March 30, 1953

Original Title:
The Hitch-Hiker

Alternate Titles:
Se opp for Hitch-Hikere (Morderen er løs)

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CA: PG  US: NR 

Runtime: 71

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

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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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Art Direction:
Albert S. D'Agostino
Walter E. Keller

Assistant Director:
William Dorfman

Associate Producer:
Christian Nyby

Director:
Ida Lupino

Director of Photography:
Nicholas Musuraca

Editor:
Douglas Stewart

Makeup Artist:
Mel Berns

Music Director:
C. Bakaleinikoff

Original Music Composer:
Leith Stevens

Producer:
Collier Young

Producer's Assistant:
James H. Anderson
Robert Eggenweiler

Screenplay:
Collier Young
Ida Lupino
Robert L. Joseph

Set Decoration:
Darrell Silvera
Harley Miller

Sound Designer:
Roy Meadows
Clem Portman

Special Effects:
Harold E. Wellman

Story:
Daniel Mainwaring

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