HITCH-HIKER: KINO CLASSICS REMASTERED EDITION [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1953
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Beyond its obvious cultural significance as the only classic film noir directed by a woman (actress Ida Lupino), THE HITCH-HIKER is perhaps better remembered as simply one of the most nightmarish motion pictures of the 1950s. Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, The Hitch-Hiker is the tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) who are held captive by a homicidal drifter (WIlliam Talman). He forces them, at gunpoint, to embark on a grim joyride across the Mexican desert.; ; Renegade filmmaking at its finest, THE HITCH-HIKER was independently produced, which allowed Lupino and ex-husband/producer Collier Young to work from a treatment by blacklisted writer Daniel Mainwaring, and tackle an incident that was too brutal for the major studios to even consider.
• Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Sam Hayes, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacío, Gordon Barnes, Rodney Bell, Orlando Beltran, Wade Crosby, June Dinneen, Joe Dominguez, Henry A. Escalante, Al Ferrara, Taylor Flaniken, Nacho Galindo, Martin Garralaga, Ed Hinton, Larry Hudson, Jerry Lawrence, George Navarro, Kathy Riggins, Tony Roux, Felipe Turich, Rosa Turich, Collier Young, Ida Lupino, Robert L. Joseph, Daniel Mainwaring
• Director: Ida Lupino
• Runtime: 1:11
• Company: Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie