Hitchhike!
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Hitchhike! | |
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Genre | Thriller |
Story by | Jay Benson M.K. Landstein Yale Udoff |
Directed by | Gordon Hessler |
Music by | Gil Mellé |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Jay Benson |
Cinematography | Leonard J. South |
Editor | John F. Schreyer |
Running time | 90 min. |
Production company | Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | February 23, 1974 |
Hitchhike! is a 1974 American TV film directed by Gordon Hessler.
Plot
A Los Angeles woman, traveling to San Francisco to visit her sister, picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Cast
- Cloris Leachman
- Michael Brandon
- Henry Darrow
- Cameron Mitchell
- Sherry Jackson
- Linden Chiles
- Les Lannom
- Elizabeth Kerr
- Eddie Quillan
- Terry Wilson
Production
Leachman said she did it because it was work, "I like a change of pace" and "there are so many things you can do if the character is right."[1]
Reception
The Los Angeles Times called it "a trite suspenser given dimension by Cloris Leachman."[2]
References
External links
- Hitchhike! at IMDb
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- 1974 television films
- 1974 films
- Films directed by Gordon Hessler
- English-language thriller films
- American thriller television films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s American films
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