Talk:The Hitch-Hiker

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Requested move

The Hitch-Hiker (film) → The Hitch-Hiker — The use of "(film)" is superfluous, especially when "The Hitch-Hiker" already redirects here. —Reginmund 07:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been renamed from The Hitch-Hiker (film) to The Hitch-Hiker as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 15:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Big danger of disambiguation (E-Kartoffel (talk) 18:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC))[reply]

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The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American independent 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 Hitch-Hiker was the first American mainstream film noir directed by a woman, and premiered in Boston on March 20, 1953, to little fanfare. The film was marketed with the tagline: "When was the last time you invited death into your car?" It was selected in 1998 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".

Film credit: Ida Lupino

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