Great little Thriller by the only female directors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Ida Lupino.
It starts out amazingly and then sort of peters out toward the end, but overall very enjoyable.
Hitch-hiker starts off really great with an incredible opening. Lupino's a great director and I wish she did more. The acting is great, namely Talman who makes you flat-out despise him. He's no Rutger Hauer, but this is more disturbing on a realistic level. Ultimately, it's good ...( read more)
Ultimately a bit of a shaggy dog story - but the first hour is tight, unnerving ride through the postwar male American psyche.
Interesting due to the fact that it is directed by a female, Ida Lupino. Didn't find anything special here, just didn't quite work.
Excellent low-budget movie, possibly one of the first American serial killer movies made and directed by Ida Lupino, one of the few (if not the only) female directors in Hollywood at the time. Very lean, very tense, very well made.
THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
directed by Ida Lupino
starring Frank Lovejoy, Edmond O'Brien, William TalmanThe Hitch-Hiker begins with a warning message, stating this story could happen to any of us. Im guessing it was a cautio...( read more)
Very good no-budget noir, directed by Ida Lupino, with William Talman as a psychpathic hitch-hiker. This must have been the very first psychopathic hitch-hiker movie. Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy are superb as ordinary joes on a fishing trip suddenly forced to deal with a vio...( read more)
I didn't know that Ida Lupino had made films. I love her though as an actress. I have probably seen this film decades ago, but can't recall it. I must keep an eye out for it. Let me know if anyone knows how to find it. Thanks.
This is a well done film with good performances. In real life this is definitely not a situation anyone would want to be in.
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