Hitch Hike to Hell( 1977)

TV-MACrimeMystery

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There is no such thing as a free ride!!

Overview

Howard is mild-mannered and slightly simple-minded, with a habit of picking up teenage hitchhikers while driving his delivery routes. Sometimes the girls admit to being runaways, and if they claim to hate their mothers it drives Howard into a violent frenzy; his sister ran away from home years ago and was never heard from again, causing his desperate, addled mother to tighten her hold on him. Howard never remembers raping his victims or strangling them with wire coat hangers, though his boss does notice missed deliveries and late arrivals.

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Robert Gribbin
Howard Martin
Russell Johnson
Captain J.W. Shaw
Dorothy Bennett
Mrs. Martin
John Harmon
Mr. Baldwin
Randy Echols
Lt. Davis
Mary Ellen Christie
Mrs. Burke
Kippi Bell
Evelyn Davis
Sheryl Lynn
Lisa
John Grant
Mr. Burke
Jacqueline Poseley
Sharon
Beth Reis
Pam
Jane Ratliff
Gail
Don Lewis
Gay Boy

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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on Sun Nov 17 2024

**_Simple-but-effective tale about a mentally ill mama’s boy preying on hitchhikers_** As female runaways turn up dead in a town of Greater Los Angeles, the chief of police and his partner (Russell Johnson and Randy Echols) zero-in on an unassuming delivery man for a laundry cleaning business (Robert Gribbin). "Hitch Hike to Hell" (1977) is a ‘B’ flick with a simple story and prosaic delivery featuring an antagonist reminiscent of Clark Kent and the police chief played by The Professor from Gilligan’s Island. Speaking of whom, the captain makes a reference to three serial killers that...