Hitch Hike

(1977)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 105 votes

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Year: 1977

Runtime: 104 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile

Cast: Франко Неро, Корин Клери, David Hess, Joshua Sinclair, Ignazio Spalla, Leonardo Scavino, Mónica Zanchi, Бенито Пачифико, Angelo Ragusa, Carlo Puri

Plot

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.

Walter Mancini is a egostical newspaper editor whom is driving across California with his spiteful wife, Eve, on a weekend getaway to save their troubled marriage. But things take a turn when they pick up a straded motorist, named Adam, whom takes them hostage revealing himself to be a fugitive running from both the police and his two acomplices after robbing a bank and making off with all the loot. But things are not always as they seem as Walter and Eve try to find a way to not only get rid of their unwanted car guest, but find a way to deal with each other when both see the tempting offer of the stolen $2 million in cash Adam always has on him.