The Hitch-Hiker

(1953) Directed by Ida Lupino; Written by Ida Lupino and Collier Young; Adaptation by Robert L. Joseph; Starring: Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay and Sam Hayes; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: **** “I needed a release from Billy Cook to do our film about him. My company, Filmmakers, paid $3,000.00 to his attorney for exclusive rights to his story. I found Billy to be cold and aloof. I was afraid of him. Billy Cook had ‘Hard Luck’ tattooed on the fingers of his left hand and a deformed right eyelid that would never close completely. I could not wait to get the hell out of San Quentin!” – Ida Lupino (excerpted from Ida Lupino, Director, by Therese Grisham and Julie Grossman) “She was one of the gang; in fact, our leader, who met everything with an unbeatable…sense of humor. She set the pace for the seventy men who made up the troupe, and held it.” – William Talman on Ida Lupino (Ibid) During a time in Hollywood when women directors were about as prevalent…

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