Hitch Hike

Hitch Hike

Hitch a Ride ... Hitch a Date with Death!

1977 · 104 min · ★ 6.7 · Thriller, Crime, Drama

A bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker with two million dollars who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.

Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile · Written by Peter Crane

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