Hitch-Hike

Original title: Autostop rosso sangue

1977
Unrated
1h 44m

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A bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.A bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.A bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.

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6.8/10

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Eve Mancini
(as Corinne Clery)

David Hess

Adam Konitz

Joshua Sinclair

Oaks
(as John Loffredo)

Carlo Puri

Hawk

Ignazio Spalla

Mexican Way Station Clerk
(as Pedro Sanches)

Leonardo Scavino

Mendoza
(as Leon Lenor)

Mónica Zanchi

Girl at Camp Site
(as Monica Zanchi)

Benito Pacifico

Highway Patrolman #1

Angelo Ragusa

Highway Patrolman #2

Luigi Birri

Man at Camp Site

Fausto Di Bella

Motorcycle Punk #1

Hélène Chauvin

Motociclista
(uncredited)

John P. Dulaney

Man at Camp Site
(uncredited)

Ann Ferguson

Lucy Stetson
(uncredited)

Per Holgher

Motorcycle Punk #2
(uncredited)

Robert Sommer

Harry Stetson
(uncredited)

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Storyline

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Trivia
Franco Nero had a broken hand throughout the film because he actually broke his hand while punching a misbehaving horse on the set of Keoma (1976). Because of the injury the script was rewritten to have Walter drunkenly fall and break his hand early in the film. It was also rewritten so that Eve would be driving the car throughout the film. Originally it was supposed to be Walter driving.

Goofs
Though set in California, road signs are not in American design style.

Quotes
Adam Konitz: [sending them over a cliff in a flaming truck] Bye Faggots!

Alternate versions
The French Canadian video release on the MPA label contains an additional gore shot when David Hess' character shoots a police officer in the head. This French version was also re-edited for an attempt at a happy ending. Basically, the scene in which Franco Nero and Corrine Clery meet the bikers at the roadstop diner is towards the beginning of the film and their subsequent wipe out on the oil slick has been completely omitted. The film ends with Nero and Clery laughing and driving away with all the money after killing Hess.

Connections
Featured in The Devil Thumbs a Ride (2002)

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7/10

with David Hess in the backseat, this is bound to be fun...

I agree with the other reviewers who lament David Hess's minor film career--his three key roles (Last House, House on the Edge, and Hitch Hike) showed amazing sleaze potential (he could've been the wisecracking villain in summer action movies if his time had come 20 years later). "Hitch Hike" can be called a precursor to the action films that litter multiplexes now, but it is also much more. It's an uncommon little B movie with the gloss and name actors (Franco Nero, Corrine Clery) of an A picture, along with a surprising moral slant, gay stickup men, and twists galore. Like most Italian exploitation films, "Hitch Hike" sometimes bogs down in a bit too much excess talk, but it helps flesh out the characters--they're not mere victims or heroes, but people, too. And for fans of Hess, this is a no-brainer. (A word of advice--seek out the Anchor Bay DVD, which is remastered and preserves the film's 1.85:1 aspect ratio.)

7/10