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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 11m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
213 audience votes
Key crew
- Ida LupinoDirector
- Ida LupinoScreenplay
- Collier YoungScreenplay
- Leith StevensOriginal Music Composer
- Robert L. JosephScreenplay
Cast
- Edmond O'BrienRoy Collins
- Frank LovejoyGilbert Bowen
- William TalmanEmmett Myers
- José TorvayCaptain Alvarado
- Sam HayesRadio Broadcaster
- Wendell NilesWendell Niles
- Jean Del ValInspector General
- Clark HowatGovernment Agent
- Natividad VacíoJose
- Larry HudsonFBI Agent
- Collier YoungSleeping Mexican Peon
- Gordon BarnesHendrickson
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Themes
mexicofilm noirhitchhikerwoman director