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The Hitch-Hiker: History and Collection Facts

The Hitch-Hiker: Original format: Film, video. Medium: Film, Video. Genre: Fiction films; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Road films; Feature films; Film noir.

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Collection details

  • Original format: Film, video
  • Medium: Film, Video
  • Genre: Fiction films; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Road films; Feature films; Film noir
  • Language: English
  • Collection: Copyright Collection (Library Of Congress)
  • Repository: Motion Picture, Broadcasting And Recorded Sound Division
  • Call number: Mavis identifier: 47382
  • Catalogue date: 1953
  • Catalogue subjects: Fiction films; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Road films; Feature films; Film noir
  • Named contributors: Talman, William; O'Brien, Edmund; Young, Collier; Lupino, Ida; Lovejoy, Frank; RKO Radio Pictures

Catalogue notes

  • Credits: Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, Jose Torvay, Sam Hayes.
  • Summary: While vacationing in Mexico, two men offer a ride to a hitchhiker who, after revealing himself as a homicidal maniac, forces the men to help him elude the police.

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