The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker
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The Hitchhiker

He takes you places you don't want to visit alone.

6.1 / 10
1983
4 seasons
85 episodes
DramaCrime

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.

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The Hitchhiker 1984 Intro (High Quality)

Cast

Seasons

  • Shattered Vows

    1.Shattered Vows

    4.0
    23-11-198330m

    A gold-digging young man marries a dowager then falls in love with her gorgeous stepdaughter.

  • When Morning Comes

    2.When Morning Comes

    4.0
    30-11-198330m

    Bob is a married advertising executive who enjoys picking up women throughout his travels. After picking up the Hitchhiker, he runs into a beautiful blonde who he ends up spending...

  • Split Decision

    3.Split Decision

    6.0
    14-12-198330m

    John 'Jake' McElhaney will do anything to make a sale, absolutely anything. Faced with losing his job, he decides to make his next sale really count, and thinks he has it made when...

  • Lovesounds

    4.Lovesounds

    3.5
    13-11-198430m

    For months, Eric Dunlap has been hard at work on a special sound system for Kurt Hoffman, a temperamental conductor who is impossible to please. During that time, he fell deeply in...

  • Remembering Melody

    5.Remembering Melody

    2.0
    27-11-198430m

    Attorney Ted Miller's world falls apart when his old friend and lover Melody shows up at his door looking for a place to stay and he mistakenly turns her down.

  • Face To Face

    6.Face To Face

    5.5
    04-12-198430m

    Dr. Christopher Hamilton, an ambitious and pompous plastic surgeon, meets his challenge in Nina Russell, a patient in the process of a gender change. He shows up to surgery the ne...

  • And If We Dream

    7.And If We Dream

    3.5
    15-01-198530m

    Todd Fields is a married high school photography teacher. One of his students, Roseanne Lucas develops a mad and obsessive crush on him. When Todd steps over the line and sleeps w...

  • Petty Thieves

    8.Petty Thieves

    2.5
    29-01-198530m

    Mickey is a con artist only willing to commit to one way of thinking: making the quick buck. In exchange for his life, Mickey is willing to sell his soul by giving Pearl, his girl...

  • Videodate

    9.Videodate

    2.0
    16-02-198530m

    Jack Rhodes is a salesman that attempts to wear many disguises to get what he wants: women. One day, he gets a video letter from a mysterious video-artist, Monique, who challenges...

  • A Time For Rifles

    10.A Time For Rifles

    2.5
    02-03-198530m

    Rae Bridgeman is caught up in a love triangle with her husband Lew and his best friend Joe. Lew finds out about their affair and decides on a late night hunting trip for all three...

  • Man at the Window

    11.Man at the Window

    2.0
    12-03-198530m

    An ex-drug addicted screenwriter Arthur Brown steals the life and words of Diane Hampton. Diane is struggling to maintain her marriage with her abusive jealous husband John and to...

  • Hired Help

    12.Hired Help

    1.5
    26-03-198530m

    Kay Mason is an abusive owner of a dressmaking sweatshop. One day she is cursed by an angry worker who exclaims that she will be paid back by the devil for her actions. When Kay...

  • Murderous Feelings

    13.Murderous Feelings

    2.5
    09-04-198530m

    Dr. Peter Milne, an unethical psychiatrist, abuses his position to manipulate a female patient. His mind-bending medical practices only intensify her psychosis as she can no longe...

  • Nightshift

    14.Nightshift

    1.5
    15-10-198530m

    A ruthless nurse works at old folks' homes. Along with her boyfriend, she steals jewelry from the residents, who can do nothing to stop her. The couple gets an unpleasant surprise...

  • Out of the Night

    15.Out of the Night

    3.0
    29-10-198530m

    A young man on the run from the police takes refuge in a mysterious building where a bizarre woman, Angelica, torments him with visions of his past life while another woman tries t...

  • The Killer

    16.The Killer

    3.0
    12-11-198530m

    Meg is a paraplegic who is ignored by her family. When she finds everyone but her brother, Jonathan, dead she assumes he killed them. While trying to figure out who is responsibl...

  • W.G.O.D.

    17.W.G.O.D.

    2.0
    26-11-198530m

    Reverend Nolan Powers is a money hungry radio evangelist preaching on the air waves about the bible. 0ff the air, he's a self-righteous greedy man. A tabloid news reporter, Sato,...

  • Man's Best Friend

    18.Man's Best Friend

    2.5
    10-12-198530m

    Richard Shepard is kicked out of his house by his wife Eleanor. He takes in a stray dog that begins killing off Richard's enemies. When the dog goes for Eleanor, Richard tries to...

  • Ghostwriter

    19.Ghostwriter

    4.0
    07-01-198630m

    Jeffrey Hunt will resort to anything to create a lucrative career as a novelist, even if it means faking his own death. His wife Debby believes he is dead and continues her affair...

  • O.D. Feelin'

    20.O.D. Feelin'

    1.0
    28-01-198630m

    Rat witnesses a group murder among feuding drug dealers, steals the drugs from the dead bodies and leaves the scene of the crime. The Wise Man and The Fool find her laying dead an...

  • Dead Man's Curve

    21.Dead Man's Curve

    3.0
    11-02-198630m

    Claudia now a famous novelist, returns home for her high school reunion and opens old wounds in Lee, the sheriff. Claudia finds out that Lance, her town-appointed escort, is reall...

  • The Curse

    22.The Curse

    6.0
    25-02-198630m

    Jerry Maclachlan is the owner of a rundown apartment building who promises Serita, a tenant, that he will make repairs to the building. After he becomes involved with a strange wo...

  • True Believer

    23.True Believer

    2.0
    11-03-198630m

    A non-believer in the supernatural, Detective Frank Sheen must investigate a priest's suspicious suicide. Upon questioning Father Dowling he learns that the convent is demonically...

  • Last Scene

    24.Last Scene

    2.5
    25-03-198630m

    Alex, a former actor, tries to prove his abilities as a first-time director. In his first film he must deal with a first-time actress, Leda Bidell. When Leda realizes his scheme,...

  • Man of Her Dreams

    25.Man of Her Dreams

    2.0
    08-04-198630m

    Jill McGuiness is a lonely daydreaming bank officer who constantly fantasizes about her dream lover. When she dreams about murders and finds that they actually happened, she is un...

  • One Last Prayer

    26.One Last Prayer

    2.0
    22-04-198630m

    Miranda and Sean are two desperate songwriters trying to make a career in the record business. When a record executive, Robbie shows interest in one of their songs, they think the...

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