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Film, Video The hitch-hiker

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • The hitch-hiker

Summary

  • While vacationing in Mexico two men offer a ride to a hitchhiker who, after revealing himself as a homicidal maniac, forces the men to help him elude the police.

Names

  • Lupino, Ida, 1918-1995, film director, screenwriter
  • Young, Collier, film producer, screenwriter
  • Musuraca, Nick, cinematographer
  • Stewart, Douglas, 1919-1995, film editor
  • Stevens, Leith, 1909-1970, composer
  • Bakaleinikoff, C. (Constantin), 1898-1966, musical director
  • D'Agostino, Albert, 1892-1970, art director
  • Keller, Walter E., 1892-1962, art director
  • O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985, actor
  • Lovejoy, Frank, 1912-1962, actor
  • Talman, William, 1915-1968, actor
  • Torvay, José, actor
  • Hayes, Sam, 1904-1958, actor
  • Niles, Wendell, actor
  • Del Val, Jean, 1891-1975, actor
  • Howat, Clark, actor
  • Vacío, Natividad, 1912-1996, actor
  • Mainwaring, Daniel, 1902-1977
  • Joseph, Robert L., 1923-2002, adapter
  • Filmakers, Inc. (Hollywood, Calif.), production company
  • RKO Radio Pictures, film distributor
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : RKO Radio Pictures : 1953.

Headings

  • -  Fugitives from justice--Mexico
  • -  Serial murderers--Mexico
  • -  Hitchhiking--Mexico
  • -  Kidnapping--Mexico

Genre

  • Film noir
  • Thrillers (Motion pictures)
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP2463 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 13Mar53; LP2463.
  • -  Based on a story by Daniel Mainwaring; adapted by Robert L. Joseph.
  • -  Director of photography, Nicholas Musuraca ; film editor, Douglas Stewart ; music, Leith Stevens ; musical director, C. Bakaleinikoff ; art directors, Albert S. D'Agostino, Walter E. Keller ; photographic effects by Harold J. Wellman ; associate producer, Christian Nyby ; set decorations, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller ; sound by Roy Medows, Clem Portman.
  • -  Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Sam Hayes, Niles Wendel, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacio.
  • -  Filmed near Big Pine, California between June 24, 1952, and late July, 1952.
  • -  Summary from Film and Television catalog card.
  • -  LC also holds a DVD viewing copy also in the Copyright Collection.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: Eagan, D. America's film legacy, p. 46; Internet movie database, December 1, 2023; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed December 1, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (71 min.) : sd., b&w.
  • viewing print 8 film reels of 8 on 4 (71 min., 6,360 ft.) : sd., b&w, 35 mm.
  • non-viewing print 8 film reels of 8 on 4 (71 min., 6,360 ft.) : sd., b&w, 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FGF 5400-5403 (viewing print)
  • FGF 0256-0259 (non-viewing print)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023602025

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Lupino, Ida, Film Director, Screenwriter, Collier Young, Nick Musuraca, Douglas Stewart, C Bakaleinikoff, Albert D'Agostino, Walter E Keller, et al. The Hitch-Hiker. composeds by Stevens, Leith, , produceds by Filmakers, Inc. Uction Company United States: RKO Radio Pictures:, 1953. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023602025/.

APA citation style:

Lupino, I., Young, C., Musuraca, N., Stewart, D., Bakaleinikoff, C., D'Agostino, A. [...] Copyright Collection. (1953) The Hitch-Hiker. Stevens, L., comp, , Filmakers, Inc. Uction Company, prod United States: RKO Radio Pictures:. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023602025/.

MLA citation style:

Lupino, Ida, Film Director, Screenwriter, et al. The Hitch-Hiker. comp by Stevens, Leith, , prod by Filmakers, Inc. Uction Company United States: RKO Radio Pictures:, 1953. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023602025/>.