Movies @ Old Town Hall: The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Schedule
Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
201 Delaware St, New Castle, DE 19720-4815, United States | New Castle, DE
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Join us for a screening of a different movie every Wednesday night at 6:30pm at Old Town Hall, located down the street at 201 Delaware St. Admission is a sliding scale of $5-10, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Refreshments will be available for purchase. BYOB.On Wednesday, November 19, Movies @ Old Town Hall is proud to present The Hitch-Hiker, directed by Ida Lupino, 1953.
Beyond its obvious cultural significance as the only classic film noir directed by a woman (actress Ida Lupino), The Hitch-Hiker is perhaps better remembered as one of the most nightmarish motion pictures of the 1950s. Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, The Hitch-Hiker is the tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) who are held captive by a homicidal drifter (William Talman). He forces them, at gunpoint, to embark on a grim joyride across the Mexican desert.
Renegade filmmaking at its finest, The Hitch-Hiker was independently produced, which allowed Lupino and ex-husband/producer Collier Young to work from a treatment by blacklisted writer Daniel Mainwaring, and tackle an incident that was too brutal for the major studios to even consider.
The Hitch-Hiker is 71 minutes long and unrated.
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