The Hitcher is a 1986 horror / thriller film, directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red. The film stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Billy Green Bush, Gene Davis, Armin Shimerman and Emmy-winner Henry Darrow make cameo appearances as police officers. The score was composed by Mark Isham. The film was #34 on Bravo TV's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
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The Hitcher is a 1986 horror / thriller film, directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red. The film stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunn and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Billy Green Bush, Gene Davis, Armin Shimerman and Emmy-winner Henry Darrow make cameo appearances as police officers. The score was composed by Mark Isham. The film was #34 on Bravo TV's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
In addition to scenes shot in the studio, filming locations include Amboy, California, Barstow, California, Death Valley National Park in California, Imperial County, California and Lake Mead in Nevada.
The film spawned a sequel in 2003, The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting, with C. Thomas Howell returning to the role of Jim Halsey. A remake was filmed and released on January 19, 2007; directed by Dave Meyers with Sean Bean playing the hitcher.
Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell), a young man delivering a car from Chicago to San Diego, spots a man hitchhiking and gives him a ride. The man, John Ryder ...
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