Hitch-Hiker, The (1953) - (Movie Clip) Rabbit For Dinner

Hitch-Hiker, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) You Like To Shoot?

The presence of the murderous hitcher Myers (William Talman) well-known to the audience but not to weekend-ing buddies Roy and Gilbert (Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy), as they meet along the California/Mexico border, assured direction by Ida Lupino, in The Hitch-Hiker, 1953.

Hitch-Hiker, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) A Man And A Gun And A Car

An audacious grab for attention, a series of increasingly grim events and the newspaper-photo introduction of William Talman who is, in fact, the bad guy, comprising director and co-writer Ida Lupino's opening to The Hitch-Hiker, 1953, also starring Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy.