The Hitch-Hiker

1953

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 47 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 64% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 12080 12.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Ida Lupino Photo
Ida Lupino

Top cast

Martin Garralaga Photo
Martin Garralaga as Bartender
Jean Del Val Photo
Jean Del Val as Inspector General
Edmond O'Brien Photo
Edmond O'Brien as Roy Collins
Frank Lovejoy Photo
Frank Lovejoy as Gilbert Bowen
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506.41 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 11 min
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1.06 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 11 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

William Talman ("Myers") is great in this thriller

William Talman ("Myers") is great in this thriller that follows the tortuous journey of two fishermen who stopped to pick up a traveller and discover they are now in the hands of a gun-toting psychopath. Determined to escape the pursuing authorities, he forces them to drive, then walk, through largely desert terrain heading for a port and his escape. To make matters worse, he has already informed them that when he gets there - he is going to kill them!. Ida Lupino directed this quite spooky drama with some skill and Edmond O'Brien and Frank Bowen play well together as the captives in what is essentially a taut three-hander. It does push the bounds of plausibility at times, though - there are opportunities to overwhelm their antagonist and after a while those begin to undermine the threat; you do begin to believe that good will out and so the tension starts to diminish quite quickly... It's a very darkly filmed, moody piece of cinema that is rarely seen nowadays and is still well worth catching up with almost 70 years on.
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Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 8 / 10

The Tense True Story of a Man and a Gun and a Car

While traveling in a fishing trip to San Felipe, the draftsman Gilbert Bowen (Frank Lovejoy) and his friend, the garage owner Roy Collins (Edmond O'Brien) give a ride to a stranger. Sooner they learn that the man is the psychopath serial-killer Emmett Myers (William Talman), who has escaped from prison and wants to reach Santa Rosalia in Mexico. The sadistic criminal also tells them that he will kill them in the end of the line.

"The Hitch-Hiker" is a thriller that discloses the tense true story of a man and a gun and a car with two friends that intend to spend a couple of days together fishing. Ida Lupino is the sole female director in Hollywood in this genre and "The Hitch-Hiker" is the one of the seven classic film-noirs produced by a minor studio ("The Filmmakers") that have been chosen by the National Film Registry that is the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of the US Congress. William Talman is very impressive in the role of a criminal that never closes his right eye. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "O Mundo Odeia-me" ("The World Hate Me")

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