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The Hitch-Hiker
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 Film Noir directed and co-written by Ida Lupino, based on the murder spree of Billy Cook.Two friends, Roy Collins (Edmund O’Brien) and Gilbert Bowen (Frank Lovejoy), are driving to Baja California for a fishing trip. Unbeknownst to them, Emmett Meyers (William Talman) has been on a killing spree, posing as a hitchhiker to his victims and evading the authorities all throughout California. The friends pick up Meyers and find themselves kidnapped and forced at gun point to take Meyers to Santa Rosalia, a fishing town where he can escape to Mexico proper.This film has the distinction of being the first Film Noir directed by a woman, Ida Lupino. She was the only female director working in Hollywood during The '50s and this film was made with her own production company, The Filmakers.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Not to be confused with the TV series. | |
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Ax-Crazy: Meyers is an unstoppable killer and hasn’t killed Collins and Bowen because he needs them to help him escape. | |
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Coincidental Broadcast:Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); }) | |
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Chiaroscuro: Dramatic use of lighting when Meyers first gets in the car: he's in pitch black darkness in the back seat until he pulls the gun and leans forward into the light, which is the first time we see his face. Later, the climactic fight is shot on a shadowy, dimly-lit pier at night. | |
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The Alcoholic | |
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The Alcoholic: The bartender’s cousin who alerts the police about Meyers. | |
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Based on a True Story | |
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Based on a True Story: "This is the true story of a man and a gun and a car." Somewhat fictionalized but in some respects surprisingly accurate—Cook really did kidnap two guys on a hunting trip, he really did have a droopy eyelid, and he really was arrested in Santa Rosalia. | |
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