The Hitcher(Movie, 1986)

Name: The Hitcher
Genre: Horror, Action, Thriller
Released: 1986
Duration: T01:38:00
Rating: 3.5

| 1h 38min | Genres: Horror, Action, Thriller

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 406 votes)

The Hitcher is a 1986 American thriller film directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red. It stars Rutger Hauer as the title character, a murderous hitch-hiker who stalks a young motorist (C. Thomas Howell) across the highways of West Texas. Jeffrey DeMunn and Jennifer Jason Leigh appear in supporting roles. Released in the United States on February 21, 1986, the film was met with tepid critical and commercial response, grossing $5.8 million on a $7.9 million budget. The film was followed by a 2003 sequel, The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting, which featured Howell reprising his role, and a 2007 remake. ()

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About The Hitcher

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.

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Trailer for The Hitcher + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Hitcher ≣ 1986 ≣ Trailer(Trailer, 2:25)

The Hitcher ≣ 1986 ≣ Trailer (Trailer) | The Hitcher ≣ 1986 ≣ Teaser (Teaser) | Trailer (Trailer) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE) | Official German Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Los Angeles (California)

Plays in: California

Derivative works/Adaptions: "The Hitcher" (movie, 2007)

Made by: Feldman/Meeker Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Burmese (MY), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/17/1986

Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Armin Shimerman, John M. Jackson, Gene Davis, Jon Van Ness, Jack Thibeau, Henry Darrow

Director: Robert Harmon

Producer: David Bombyk, Kip Ohman

Screenwriter: Eric Red

Film Editor: Frank J. Urioste

Director of Photography: John Seale

Composer: Mark Isham

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"A Morte Pede Carona"

"L'auto-stoppeur"

"Το ωτοστόπ του τρόμου"

"ヒッチャー：1986"

"El asesino de la carretera"

"El caminante"

"Haikeren"

"El pasajero de la muerte"

"Stoper"

Keywords: cop-killer, gas station, sadism, gun, road movie, mass murder, man hunt, road trip, psychopath, desert, hitchhiker, truck stop, falsely accused, highway, serial killer, paranoia

Budget: 6,000,000 USD

Revenue: 5,844,868 USD (= 97%)