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Film noir

The Hitch-Hiker

Durée
71 minLibrary of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy Sources des versions ↓

Two friends offer a stranger a lift and find themselves trapped on a desert road by a killer who never seems to sleep.

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Langue
English
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The Hitch-Hiker — A watching eye in a rear-view mirror interrupts a lonely desert road.

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À quoi s’attendre

The Hitch-Hiker strips film noir down to a car, a gun, three men, and an exposed stretch of road. Ida Lupino turns open desert into confinement through tight framing, repeated commands, and the captives' uncertainty about when their watcher is asleep. The film is lean, physical, and unusually attentive to male fear without converting vulnerability into spectacle. Its independent production and Lupino's position as the director of the first female-directed noir give the film historical weight, but the tension survives because every mile makes the same small space feel less escapable.

Comment aborder le film

The setup is immediate and the central conflict stays clear, so this is an accessible way into 1950s noir. Watch how Lupino divides the frame inside the car and how Spanish conversation briefly creates information the gunman cannot control. The Library of Congress viewing copy runs about 71 minutes; its runtime is attached to that digital copy rather than assumed for every surviving presentation.

À savoir

Une brève note non exhaustive Includes murder, hostage-taking, sustained gun threats, forced handling of a firearm, psychological cruelty, and prolonged peril.
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The desert should promise space, but Lupino keeps finding new walls: a windscreen, a gun sight, a face that may still be watching. I am struck by how quickly ordinary conversation becomes a survival tool. The film's tension comes less from where the men are going than from who is allowed to speak, translate, look away, or make the next small decision.

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Générique et versions

Générique
Distribution
Edmond O'Brien · Frank Lovejoy · William Talman
Scénario
Daniel Mainwaring · Robert L. Joseph · Collier Young · Ida Lupino
Production
Collier Young · The Filmakers, Inc. · RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Photographie
Nicholas Musuraca

Carte des versions

Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy 71 min · US LOC resource ntscrm.00047382 reports 4,258 seconds (70:58); the catalogue rounds the digital file and 35 mm holdings to 71 minutes. Sound, black-and-white. LOC does not identify a named restoration or the exact source element used for this digital file. Source : Library of Congress — The Hitch-HikerSource : Library of Congress — The Hitch-Hiker: National Film Registry #10Source : Library of Congress — National Screening Room: About this Collection Référence pour la durée · Vérifié le 2026-07-27

Sources des données

Visionnage gratuit via une institution

Official institutional presentation

Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy

1953 · United States · LOC resource 4,258 seconds (70:58), catalogued as 71 minutes · sound · black-and-white.

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Viewing region
United States rights finding; LOC online destination. LOC describes the National Screening Room as serving viewers worldwide, but availability can change and foreign-country rights may differ.
Music
The presentation credits music by Leith Stevens and musical direction by Constantin Bakaleinikoff. No separate music, synchronization, performance, or soundtrack-recording reuse rights are claimed.
Subtitles
The checked LOC resource metadata does not identify a caption or subtitle file. Monocurator does not claim subtitle availability or reuse rights.
Master
LOC does not identify a named restoration or the exact source element used for this digital file. The finding does not transfer to another restoration, remaster, colorization, or commercial master.
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Rights note. The Library of Congress states that all streaming films in its selected National Film Registry collection are public domain and identifies The Hitch-Hiker. This supports the underlying film in the United States.

This finding concerns the underlying film in the United States, not every restoration, score, subtitle file, recording, or master.

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An official YouTube player is available on this page. The 70:58 catalogue timing and presentation details above describe the LOC item copy; the YouTube upload has not been established as the same digital master. Checked 2026-07-27.

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