The Hitch-Hiker
Two men are held hostage by a psychotic killer.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: July 15, 2003
- Originally Released: 1953
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Frank Lovejoy, Edmond O'Brien & William Talman | |
Performer: | José Torvay, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Natividad Vacio & Clark Howat | |
Directed by | Ida Lupino | |
Edited by | Douglas Stewart | |
Screenplay by | Ida Lupino & Collier Young | |
Composition by | Leith Stevens | |
Art Direction by | Albert S. D'Agostino & Walter E. Keller | |
Produced by | Collier Young | |
Director of Photography: | Nicholas Musuraca |
Entertainment Reviews:
Taut, tough, and entirely without macho-glorification, it's a gem, with first-class performances from its three protagonists, deftly characterised without resort to cliché.
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Time Out
This hell-for-leather 1953 noir demonstrates Ida Lupino's facility with actors and flawless pacing.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: B --
This suspenseful film noir is superbly acted and sharply helmed by Ida Lupino, one of the few women directors in Hollywood of the 1950s.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 4/5 --
Lupino draws a performance of crackling malevolence from William Talman, as the serial killer physically and mentally scarred by his abusive childhood. Equally authentic is the impotent terror of weekend fishermen Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy.
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Radio Times
Rating: 7/10 --
If they gave awards for holding a gun in every single scene of a film from start to finish, (William) Talman would have won.
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Movie Metropolis
Rating: 3/5 --
A perilous and grim film noir entry.
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TV Guide
Rating: 3/4 --
A lean, mean, nasty piece of work that deserves to be rediscovered.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
A fishing trip turns into a journey through hell when two men pick up a homicidal maniac by the side of the road. The hitch-hiker has left a bloody trail of death across the countryside. His latest victims are forced to drive him through the desolate wilds of Mexico as he tries to make a getaway. Knowing that they may be killed at any time, the two men desperately struggle to escape. Their captor psychologically tortures them, destroying any hope of survival. As their sanity unravels, the prisoners confront the madman in a final violent showdown. The Hitch-Hiker is a film-noir thriller and is one of director Ida Lupino's finest moments.
Product Description:
An acclaimed film noir thriller in which two vacationing men are held captive by a hitchhiking psychopath with one eye that never closes. Though years of more horrific violence and suspense have dulled its impact somewhat, it was way ahead of its time. Considered among Lupino's best work, this film was the progenitor of many, many films that would follow in its tire-treads and is a must-see.
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A Fine, Unsettling Film Noir Thriller/Drama
Movie Lover: Film Flops Critic from
Trumbull, CT US -- January, 7, 2004
Frank Lovejoy and Edmund O'Brien are in fine form as a pair of pals on a fishing trip who confirm the statement that "no good deed goes unpunished" when they pick up hitchhiker William Talmann, who is positively creepy in the role of Psycho Killer. Ida Lupino (director) did a fine job with "on location" and exteriors. A very fine example of film noir and a talented actor/director (and I do mean Lupino).
Excellent
Movie Lover: JB from
Lynnwood, WA US -- August, 5, 2003
This is a real creepy movie based on a true story. It moves along quite well. Ida Lupino directed this film and did an excellent job,
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