Hitcher, The


Aspect

2.35:1

Audio

English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

Runtime

98

Discs

1

Studio

Hbo Studios

Release Date

February 21, 1986

DVD Release

August 15, 2000

16:9

THX

Rating

R

Director

Robert Harmon

 

A young man transporting a car to another state is stalked along the road by a cunning and relentless serial killer who eventually frames the driver for a string of murders. Chased by police and shadowed by the killer, the driver's only help comes from a truck stop waitress.


Edition Details Cast
Color, Widescreen
  Theatrical trailer(s)
  Widescreen letterbox format
  
C. Thomas Howell...Jim Halsey
Rutger Hauer...John Ryder (The Hitch Hiker)
Jennifer Jason Leigh...Nash Galveston
Jeffrey DeMunn...Captain Esteridge
John M. Jackson...Sergeant Starr
Billy Green Bush...Trooper Donner
Jack Thibeau...Trooper Prestone
Armin Shimerman...Interrogation Sergeant
Gene Davis...Trooper Dodge
Jon Van Ness...Trooper Hapscomb
Henry Darrow...Trooper Hancock
Tony Epper...Trooper Conners
Tom Spratley...Proprietor
Colin Campbell...Construction Man