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The Hitcher is a 1986 American action, horror, thriller, and slasher film directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red. Produced by HBO Films and Feldman/Meeker Productions, the movie stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The narrative is set in California and centers on a serial killer. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles, with John Seale serving as director of photography and Frank J. Urioste as film editor.
Mark Isham composed the score for the English-language production. The film has a runtime of 98 minutes according to one source and 97 minutes according to another. It was distributed by TriStar Pictures and Netflix, with a release date of January 17, 1986, and subsequent dates in February, May, June, and September of that year. The movie was followed by The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting.
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7.0On 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.
Cast
- Rutger Hauer as John Ryder
- C. Thomas Howell as Jim Halsey
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Nash
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Captain Esteridge
- Billy Green Bush as Trooper Donner
- John M. Jackson as Sergeant Starr
Themes
- cop-killer
- sadism
- gun
- gas station
- psychopath
- falsely accused
- mass murder
- paranoia
- highway
- road trip
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- road movie
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Director
- Robert Harmon
- Screenwriter
- Eric Red
- Cast member
- Henry Darrow
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Cinematographer
- John Seale
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 369049
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-10-08
- film editor
- Frank J. Urioste
- title
- The Hitcher
- distributed by
- Netflix
- derivative work
- The Hitcher
- review score
- 7.2/10
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