THE HITCHER

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• Release Year: 1986
• Genre: Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: When Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) stops to pick up a hitcher one rainy night, he is soon dying to turn back time. The man (Rutger Hauer) puts a knife to Jim's throat as he tells him to pull past a stranded car on the side of the road. Its occupants have already been brutally slaughtered by the ominous stranger.; ; Now a bloody game of cat-and-mouse is about to be played out on this desolate stretch of highway, and every car that passes, and every poor soul who rides that road, are going to take part whether they want to or not.; ; Terror Alert: The Hitcher is a stretch for actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, especially whe she's tied between two vehicles heading in opposite directions!
• Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush, Jack Thibeau, Armin Shimerman, Gene Davis, Jon Van Ness, Henry Darrow, Tony Epper, Tom Spratley, Colin Campbell, Brittania, Garth Shaw, Robert Harmon, Eric Red
• Director: Robert Harmon
• Runtime: 1:38
• Company: Silver Screen Partners, HBO Home Video
• Media Format: Movie