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The Hitcher (1986)

Film · 1986 · 98 min · R · Horror · Action · Thriller

The terror starts the moment he stops.

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

Directed by Robert Harmon

Starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, Billy Green Bush, John M. Jackson, Henry Darrow, Jon Van Ness

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In cinemas21 February 1986
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First release anywhere17 January 1986

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