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The Hitcher (1986)

Movie"The terror starts the moment he stops."
Audience Score
70
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R 1 hr 38 minFeb 21st, 1986Horror, Action, ThrillerThe Hitcher Collection PosterPart of The Hitcher Collection
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.
StarringRutger HauerC. Thomas HowellJennifer Jason Leigh
DirectorRobert Harmon

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:February 21st, 1986
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 8th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$6,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$5,844,868 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Charles R. Meeker, Edward S. Feldman
Production Companies:Feldman/Meeker Productions
Movie Tags:
serial killerroad triproad moviedesertpsychopathgunparanoiasadismfalsely accusedhitchhiker

The Hitcher Collection

A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.