El autoestopista (1953)
Roy Collins y Gilbert Bowen, ambos de mediana edad, dejan atrás la gran ciudad para dirigirse por carretera hacia México. A varios kilómetros de la frontera que separa México de los Estados Unidos, el conductor Roy acepta la proposición de su compañero Gilbert para que lleven en el asiento de detrás del automóvil a un autoestopista llamado Emmett Myers. De la cordialidad inicial se pasa a un estado de tensión creciente cuando Roy y Gilbert, después de ser protagonistas de un macabro juego que a punto ha podido suponer la muerte del primero, se dan cuenta que se encuentran ante un auténtico sádico, un psicópata que está sembrando el pánico entre los conductores de este tramo de carretera fronterizo.
Directora:
Ida Lupino
Escritores:
Ida Lupino, Collier Young, Robert L. Joseph.
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Edmond O'Brien as Roy Collins |
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Frank Lovejoy as Gilbert Bowen |
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William Talman as Emmett Myers |
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José Torvay as Captain Alvarado |
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Sam Hayes as Radio Broadcaster |
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Wendell Niles as Wendell Niles |
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Jean Del Val as Inspector General |
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Clark Howat as Government Agent |
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Natividad Vacío as Jose |
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Larry Hudson as FBI Agent |
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Collier Young as Sleeping Mexican Peon |
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Gordon Barnes as Hendrickson |
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Rodney Bell as William Johnson |
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Orlando Beltran as Salesman |
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Wade Crosby as Joe |
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June Dinneen as Waitress |
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Joe Dominguez as Bit Part |
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Henry A. Escalante as Mexican Guard |
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Al Ferrara as Gas Station Attendant |
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Taylor Flaniken as Mexican Cop |
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Nacho Galindo as Jose Abarrotes, Store Proprietor |
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Martín Garralaga as Bartender |
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Ed Hinton as Chief of Police |
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Jerry Lawrence as News Broadcaster |
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George Navarro as Salesman |
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Kathy Riggins as Little Girl at Abarrotes |
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Tony Roux as Gas Station Owner |
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Felipe Turich as Bit Part |
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Rosa Turich as Woman |
| Directing | Ida Lupino | Director |
| Writing | Ida Lupino | Screenplay |
| Writing | Collier Young | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Collier Young | Producer |
| Camera | Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Christian Nyby | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Douglas Stewart | Editor |
| Production | James H. Anderson | Producer's Assistant |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter E. Keller | Art Direction |
| Art | Harley Miller | Set Decoration |
| Sound | C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Crew | Harold E. Wellman | Special Effects |
| Production | Robert Eggenweiler | Producer's Assistant |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Directing | William Dorfman | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Robert L. Joseph | Screenplay |
| Sound | Roy Meadows | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Daniel Mainwaring | Story |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound Designer |