Hitch Hike Lady
Cast & Crew
Aubrey Scotto
Alison Skipworth
Mae Clarke
Arthur Treacher
Jimmy Ellison
Warren Hymer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mrs. Amelia Blake receives a letter from her son Alfred, who has told her that he is the owner of a California orange farm called "Rancho San Quentin," but she is disappointed that he has not sent money for her to leave England and join him. Her day brightens when she discovers that a former employer has bequeathed her £100, and she travels to America without warning Alfred. After arriving in New York, she finds out that her remaining forty dollars will not take her far, and so she agrees to share a ride with a driver named Williams and two other passengers, one of whom is lovely Judy Martin. After they stop at an auto camp on their first day of travel, Amelia and Judy meet witty trailer salesman Jimmy Peyton, who, along with Judy, keeps the true nature of San Quentin secret from Amelia. The next morning, Amelia and Judy discover that Williams has disappeared with their money, and the two women, now broke, have no choice but to hitchhike to California. After three painful days of walking, Judy and Amelia are picked up by Jimmy, who saves them from being arrested for hitchhiking. They repair to his trailer for lunch but find that all of Jimmy's food has been eaten by two stowaways: English confidence man Mortimer Wingate II and his dumb but well-meaning companion, Chuck Regan. Mortimer and Chuck also sustain Alfred's charade, and Amelia sneaks them back into Jimmy's trailer despite his objections. After much traveling, they stop in Reno, where Mortimer awaits an important letter from his "business" partner Wilbur, who has arranged an orange contest scam with Mortimer as the judge. The little band of travelers are without a cent, but when Amelia tries to wire to Alfred for money, Mortimer borrows five hundred dollars from gangster Mike against the Nevada reward for the capture of Chuck, while Jimmy sells a trailer. Amelia is confused by the double reply to her wire but spends the money buying clothes and dinner for everyone. The next day, the friends go to Lake Tahoe, and after they set up camp, Chuck arrives, determined to turn himself in in California, where the reward for him is larger, so that he can give the money to Amelia. Jimmy leaves with Chuck, while Mortimer goes to the orange judging contest. Judy and Amelia awake the next morning and are crushed to find themselves alone. Meanwhile, Mortimer judges the contest and keeps all the leftover oranges, which he sells for a cool profit, while Jimmy and Chuck find out that although the charges against Chuck have been dropped, the warden and governor to whom they are appealing are sympathetic to Amelia's plight and agree to let Alfred out thirty-eight days ahead of schedule. Mortimer buys an orange farm, and he, Jimmy, Chuck and Alfred fix things up while the police find Amelia and Judy and bring them to the newly christened "Rancho San Quentin." While Amelia enjoys being with her son, Judy and Jimmy plan their honeymoon and Mortimer and Chuck leave for further adventures.
Director
Aubrey Scotto
Cast
Alison Skipworth
Mae Clarke
Arthur Treacher
Jimmy Ellison
Warren Hymer
Beryl Mercer
J. Farrell Macdonald
Christian Rub
Harold Waldridge
Irving Bacon
Lionel Belmore
George Hayes
Dell Henderson
Douglas Walton
Clay Clement
Ward Bond
Otis Harlan
Chas. C. Wilson
Wilbur Mack
Eddie Chandler
Alma Chester
Joseph Tozer
Marie Rice
Cecile Elliott
Nadine Beresford
Doreen Munroe
Crew
Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Lester Cole
Ray Curtiss
Roy Granville
Terry Kellum
Lettie Lee
Nat Levine
Joseph H. Lewis
Wallace Macdonald
Wallace Macdonald
Jack Marta
Ernest Miller
Gordon Rigby
Aubrey Scotto
Victor Zobel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
According to a Hollywood Reporter news item and the film's pressbook, this picture was partially shot on location in Reno, NV, and Lake Tahoe and San Quentin, CA. A Hollywood Reporter production chart includes Robert Cory and John Kelly in the cast, but their participation in the completed film has not been confirmed.
