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The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American independent [2] film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino, and starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy. Based on the 1950 killing spree of Billy Cook , the film follows two friends who are taken hostage by a murderous hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico .
The 1953 film noir The Hitch-Hiker, directed by Ida Lupino, was based on the Cook crime spree. It starred Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy, with William Talman as “Emmett Myers”, a killer modeled after Cook, right down to the deformed eyelid. The plot is a dramatization of Cook's kidnapping of James Burke and Forrest Damron and their flight ...
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Dec 2023 at 11:53:39 (UTC). Original – The Hitch-Hiker, a 1953 American film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino, starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy, about two friends taken hostage by a hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico.
The Hitch-Hiker (1953) – film noir thriller film depicting a fictionalized version of the Billy Cook murder spree [131] Hostile Whirlwinds (Russian: Вихри враждебные) (1953) – Soviet historical film portraying the first years of Soviet government, in particular the role of Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1918–1921 [132]
In 1953, Talman played a sadistic, psychopathic killer in a movie directed by Lupino, the film noir The Hitch-Hiker. [4] The New York Times wrote, "William Talman, as the ruthless murderer, makes the most of one of the year's juiciest assignments." [5]
"The Hitch-Hiker" is a short story by Roald Dahl that was originally published in July 1977 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, and later included in Dahl's short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. [1] The story is about a man who picks up a hitch-hiker whilst driving to London.
Where is the hatchet wielding hitchhiker today? While Kai did try to get his murder conviction overturned in 2021, he still remains in a Trenton, N.J. prison, according to NJ.com. He was 24 at the ...
Violet Lucille Fletcher (March 28, 1912 – August 31, 2000) was an American screenwriter of film, radio and television. Her credits include The Hitch-Hiker, an original radio play written for Orson Welles and adapted for a notable episode of The Twilight Zone television series.