Movie · 1986
The Hitcher
“The terror starts the moment he stops.”
Released 17 January 1986 98 min Horror / Action / Thriller More from 1986 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
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How old were they?
Tom Spratley
as Proprietor
Henry Darrow
as Trooper Hancock
Billy Green Bush
as Trooper Donner
Tony Epper
as Trooper Conners
Rutger Hauer
as John Ryder
Jack Thibeau
as Trooper Prestone
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Captain Esteridge
Jon Van Ness
as Trooper Hapscomb
Armin Shimerman
as Interrogation Sergeant
John M. Jackson
as Sergeant Starr
Gene Davis
as Trooper Dodge
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Nash
C. Thomas Howell
as Jim Halsey
Colin Campbell
as Construction Man
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The numbers
52years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Tom Spratley — oldest on the call sheet
19C. Thomas Howell — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast