

Hitch Hike
1977-04-30 · 104 min · ★ 6.7
A bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker with two million dollars who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.
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- Directors
- Pasquale Festa Campanile
- Production companies
- Medusa Distribuzione, Explorer Film '58
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Franco NeroWalter Mancini
Corinne CléryEve Mancini
David HessAdam Konitz
Joshua SinclairOaks
Ignazio SpallaBar Owner
Leonardo ScavinoMendoza
Mónica ZanchiGirl at Camp Site
Benito PacificoHighway Patrolman #1
Angelo RagusaHighway Patrolman #2
Carlo PuriHawk
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