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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: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

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
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Cinema Research Corporation
special visual effects
 
Makeup Effects Laboratories Inc.
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$5,844,868
Color Info:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Panavision - anamorphic
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

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