Sunday, July 15, 2007

The Hitch-Hiker

THE HITCH-HIKER (1953) - July 15, 2007
A decent thriller about a sinister hitchhiker who terrorizes two friends on a road trip. It was reasonably well made and the performances were fine, though William Talman, as the hitchhiker, came off as more angry than sinister. There were some good parts though -- such as the part where the hitchhiker forces one of the two men to shoot a can out of his friend's hand, and the fact that the hitchhiker has some sort of lazy eye that allows him to sleep with one eye constantly open -- and the film was pretty much entertaining throughout (the 71 minute running-time probably helped), but it wasn't quite as good as the premise might lead you to believe (though it was about a million times better than this year's the Hitcher, which featured a similar story). **1/2

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