The Hitch-Hiker Page #3

Synopsis: Two friends on a fishing trip pick up a stranded motorist who turns out to be a psychotic escaped convict. This sociopath has already murdered other good Samaritans in his efforts to evade authorities. He sadistically taunts and threatens the two men and perversely delights in telling them that he has them both marked for death sometime before the end of the trip. His destination is a ferryboat in Baja, California, which he hopes will help him get to the mainland. The hostages hope to stay alive long enough to escape or be rescued by Mexican authorities.
Director(s): Ida Lupino
Production: Acme DVD Works
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1953
71 min
954 Views


On your feet. Back to the car.

Let's go.

We're not going anyplace.

Stand up!

What did you do to it? There's

a big hole in that crankcase.

All right, we'll walk.

Just what that sore ankle of yours

needs - a nice, long hike.

Get up!

Now get the fishing gear

out of the back. Move!

Stay with it. He'll never leave you

out here alive. Yeah.

Cut the gab.

Get down!

Let's get going.

Maybe we'll have to leave you here.

Too bad(!)

Come on, Roy, try.

Here we are! Here we are!

Can't you see us?

Look! Here we are! Down here.

Oh, please, God! Hear me!

Hear me!

Come back!

Come back.

Leave him alone.

Can't you see he's praying?

Get under the bridge, quick!

Relax.

Go ahead if you can stand the stuff.

You know, Collins?

You're just about my size.

Put you in a black shirt and dark

pants. . .with a leather jacket. . .

. .you'd look just like Emmet Myers

to anyone who never saw him.

Nobody in Santa Rosalia

ever saw him.

Let's change.

C*CKS RIFLE

Get up on the bank

and take your clothes off.

Come on, get up!

Looks great, doesn't it?

You won't be there long. Collins!

There are cops down there. In

those clothes, they might shoot you.

That'd solve your problems,

wouldn't it? Not if they found

they'd made a mistake.

We'll hit a joint on the outskirts.

I might even buy you boys a beer.

Get moving.

Buenos tardes, senores.

Buenos tardes. Give us three beers.

No hablo ingles.

He doesn't speak English.

Tres cervezas. Si, si.

You can talk Mex when I say. Sit

down, Collins. Rest your sore foot.

You can talk it now.

Ask about the ferry to Guaymas.

I'll be watching his face.

If he looks frightened, I shoot.

Friday - that's today - and Tuesday,

9 o'clock. Ask where we catch it.

You're out of luck. The ferry burned

up. It's being repaired in Guaymas.

You're lying.

Ask if he knows anyone

who speaks English.

He says his cousin speaks English.

Follow him. Up.

Jose!

Jose, Jose.

What can I do for you?

We wanna find out about the ferry

to Guaymas. You wanna go fishing?

Too bad. No ferry no more for the

next two months maybe. She burned up.

Thank you. Fishing is good here. Not

as good as Guaymas or La Paz, but OK.

You have motor boat?

You know someone who has one?

Sure, sure. My friend Jime has one.

Motor runs good.

Where is this Jime? In the mine,

where he works. Let's go. He's not

finished until six. Maybe tomorrow.

I wanna go now.

At six, then. By the time he gets

the boat ready, there is no sun.

My friend does not like using

too much boat at night.

He sees his wife and kids

only at night. Give him some more.

For me?

Yeah. You pay my friend too? Yeah.

You be at pier at 8.30.

The name of the boat is Estrella.

A thousand thanks, senor.

Good.

We'll go to town and wait

by the water till dark. Let's go.

Hold it a minute, will you? Hang on.

Go fishing while you've the chance.

It's what you came for.

You guys are really fools.

If you wanted,

one of you would have got away.

But you kept thinking about each

other. So you missed some chances.

You got tired. You slowed down.

Now it's pretty late.

Yeah, tomorrow I'll be in Guaymas.

Too bad you're not making

the whole trip with me.

That'd be kinda silly, wouldn't it?

You stink, Myers!

You smell. Just like your clothes.

Sure, you'll get to Guaymas,

but they'll catch you

and put you out of your misery.

You haven't got a chance. You haven't

got a thing except that gun.

Better hang on to it, because without

it, you're nothing. You're finished.

Shut up!

Gracias, Carlos.

Caramba!

Pronto! La policia!

Bueno. La policia.

No, no, no, la policia!

Hold it.

All right, Collins. Now you get

to take a nice walk all by yourself.

Down the alley and out on the dock.

Me and Bowen will follow. If you tip

anyone off, I'll let Bowen have it.

You wouldn't want that, would you?

Get going.

Go ahead, Collins.

All the way out.

Keep under the lights.

Alto!

Alto ahi! I'm not Myers!

I'm not Myers! D'you hear me?

I'm not Myers!

Alto! Alto!

Alto! Alto ahi!

Alto! Alto!

Put your hands up. Walk this way.

Do as he tells you, Myers.

You're all through.

That's enough!

I'm sorry.

We have to have full report.

We understand. Gracias.

It's all right.

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Collier Young

Collier Young (August 19, 1908 – December 25, 1980) was an American film producer and writer, who worked on many films in the 1950s, before becoming a television producer for such shows as NBC's Ironside and CBS's The Wild, Wild West, as well as the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond (1959–61). Young went to Dartmouth College and graduated in 1930. Collier Young was originally an advertiser before he got into film producing and writing.Young was married to actress and director Ida Lupino from 1948 to 1951 and to actress Joan Fontaine from 1952 to 1961; both marriages ended in divorce. Young married businesswoman and former model, Marjory Ann "Meg" Marsh, in 1965. Young's film production credits included Outrage and The Hitch-Hiker, both with Lupino as director. He produced the movies Huk and The Halladay Brand.After his divorce from Lupino, Young was executive director of her 1957–58 CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve, co-starring Lupino's then-husband, Howard Duff. He was creator of the long-running TV series Ironside, starring Raymond Burr. Young also produced the television show, The Rogues, in 1964-65, starring Charles Boyer, David Niven, Gig Young, Robert Coote, and Gladys Cooper. The Rogues won the Golden Globe award for "Best TV Show" in 1965. more…

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