The Hitch-Hiker
The Hitch-Hiker ★★★ 1953
Two young men off on the vacation of their dreams pick up a psychopathic hitchhiker with a right eye that never closes, even when he sleeps. Taut suspense makes this flick worth seeing. 71m/B VHS, DVD . Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, Jose Torvay; D: Ida Lupino; W: Ida Lupino, Daniel Mainwaring, Lucille Fletcher, Robert L. Joseph; C: Nicholas Musuraca; M: Leith Stevens. Natl. Film Reg. ‘98.
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