The Hitcher (1986)

1h 37m | R | Thriller | HBO

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Director: Robert Harmon

Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Howell, Jennifer Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Jackson, Billy Bush, Jack Thibeau, Armin Shimerman

While transporting a car from Chicago to San Diego, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), who claims to be a serial killer. After a daring escape, Jim hopes to never see Ryder again. But when he witnesses the hitchhiker murdering an entire family, Jim pursues Ryder with the help of truck-stop waitress Nash (Jennifer Jason Leigh), pitting the rivals against each other in a deadly series of car chases and brutal murders.

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