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The Hitcher
The terror starts the moment he stops.
( Action / Horror / Thriller )


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MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 98 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jan 17, 1986   [USA]
 
Director: Robert Harmon   [Director]
 
Writer: Eric Red   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: David Bombyk   [Producer]
Edward S. Feldman   [Executive Producer]
Paul Lewis   [Co-Producer]
Charles R. Meeker   [Executive Producer]
Kip Ohman   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: John Seale   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Frank J. Urioste   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Mark Isham   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Dennis Gassner   [Production Design]
 
Casting by Penny Perry   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Feldman/Meeker Productions
Home Box Office
Silver Screen Partners
TriStar Pictures
 


Plot Summary:

    A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer
John Ryder
C. Thomas Howell
Jim Halsey
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nash
Jeffrey DeMunn
Captain Esteridge
Billy Green Bush
Trooper Donner
John M. Jackson
Sergeant Starr
Henry Darrow
Trooper Hancock
 
Jon Van Ness
Trooper Hapscomb
Jack Thibeau
Trooper Prestone
Armin Shimerman
Interrogation Sergeant
Gene Davis
Trooper Dodge
Tony Epper
Trooper Conners
Tom Spratley
Proprietor
Colin Campbell
Construction Man
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Ted Barba
Stunts
Janet Brady
Stunt Double
Arthur Brewer
Stunts
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
David Burton
Stunt Double
Justin De Rosa
Stunt Double
 
Eddy Donno
Stunt Coordinator
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Freddie Hice
Stunts
Tommy J. Huff
Stunts
Danny Rogers
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Stephen Hunter Flick
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Mangini
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
 
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art Names
Sound Mixer
Joan Rowe
Foley Artist
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Art Brewer
Special Effects Supervisor
 
 

Art Department:


Lynda Burbank
Set Decoration
 
Tommy Esteridge
Property Master
 
 

Directing Crew:


Craig Beaudine
First Assistant Director
 
Leigh Webb
Second Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


François Duhamel
Still Photographer
Robin Alan Knight
Key Grip
Walt Lloyd
Camera Operator
 
Charles Minsky
Second Unit Director of Photography
Tim Phelps
Gaffer
Ross Reynolds
Pilot
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Jac McAnelly
Key Costumer
 
 

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