The Hitcher movie

The Hitcher is a 1986 Hollywood horror / thriller film, directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red. The film stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Jason Leigh.In addition to scenes shot in the studio, filming locations include Amboy, California, Barstow, California, Death Valley National Park in California, Imperial County, California and Lake Mead in Nevada.The film spawned a sequel in 2003, The Hitcher II: Ive Been Waiting, with C. Thomas Howell returning to the role of Jim Halsey.

With the replacement of Hauer by Jake Busey, the sequel posed none of the existential questions of the first film and struggled to find favour with admirers of the original. A remake was filmed and released on January 19, 2007; directed by Dave Meyers with Sean Bean playing the hitcher.PlotJim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell), a young man transporting a car from Chicago to California, spots a man hitchhiking and gives him a ride. The man, John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), is a brooding, soft spoken man; when Jim passes a stranded car, however, Ryders personality suddenly shifts. Ryder calmly states that the reason the car is stranded is because he murdered and mutilated the driver, and he intends to do the same to Jim. Ryder produces a switchblade knife and taunts Jim for several moments, before Jim realizes Ryder never put on his seat belt and knocks him out of the ajar passenger door.Relieved Jim continues on his journey, until a station wagon carrying a family on vacation passes, and Jim is horrified to see that Ryder has hitched a ride with them.

All The Hitcher trailers available on youtube

The Hitcher Cast

• Danny Bolero
• Jeffrey Hutchinson
• Joseph Michael Self
• Kurt Bryant
• Kurt Grossi
• Kyle Davis
• Lauren Cohn
• Michael J. Fisher
• Neal McDonough
• Skip O'Brien
• Sophia Bush
• Travis Schuldt
• Yara Martinez
• Zachary Knighton