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The Hitcher
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
1986 · Directed by Robert Harmon · 98 min · Horror · Action · Thriller · 18 frames
Tagline
The terror starts the moment he stops.
Crew
- Written by: Eric Red
- Cinematography: John Seale
- Edited by: Frank J. Urioste
- Music: Mark Isham
- Production design: Dennis Gassner
- Produced by: David Bombyk, Kip Ohman
Cast
- Rutger Hauer as John Ryder
- C. Thomas Howell as Jim Halsey
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Nash
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Captain Esteridge
- Billy Green Bush as Trooper Donner
- John M. Jackson as Sergeant Starr
- Henry Darrow as Trooper Hancock
- Jon Van Ness as Trooper Hapscomb
- Jack Thibeau as Trooper Prestone
- Armin Shimerman as Interrogation Sergeant
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Feldman/Meeker Productions
- Budget: $6,000,000
- Box office: $5,844,868
- Themes: cop-killer, sadism, gun, gas station, psychopath, falsely accused, mass murder, paranoia, highway, road trip
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