Editing The Hitch-Hiker (section)

==Reception==

[[Image:Hitchhiker1953.JPG|thumb|265px|Frank Lovejoy, William Talman and Edmond O'Brien]]

''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' said that "with nothing more than three able actors, a lot of rugged scenery and their own impressive talents as producers, authors and director, Collier Young and Ida Lupino have brewed a grim little chiller". The ''Inquirer'' critic praised the performances and said the film was "directed with masculine strength by the amazing Miss Lupino".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Mildred|date=1953-05-04|title=New Thriller By Ida Lupino At Stanton|pages=20|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71902003/the-hitch-hiker/|access-date=2021-05-23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

The ''[[New York Daily News]]'' gave the film three and a half of four stars, saying Lupino made "good and exciting use" of the real-life incident.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cameron|first=Kate|date=1953-04-30|title=Intense Suspense in 'The Hitch-Hikers'|pages=80|work=Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78194923/ny-daily-news-review-of-hitch-hikers/|access-date=2021-05-23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film an "unrelenting but superficial study of abnormal psychology coupled with standard chase melodrama". Critic [[A. H. Weiler]] complimented the performances and Lupino's "brisk direction", but criticized the plot as excessively predictable.<ref name=":0">{{citation |author=A.H. Weiler |title=The Hitch-Hiker at the Holiday |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 30, 1953|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A06EED71F3AE23BBC4850DFB2668388649EDE |quote= ... in selecting the rocky, dusty Mexican wasteland as a setting, the producers have added a graphic inflection to the helplessness of the victims.}}</ref>

''[[Detroit Free Press|The Detroit Free Press]]'' said that the film performed a public service by warning motorists about the dangers of picking up hitchhikers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bower|first=Helen|date=1953-05-30|title='Hitch-hiker' Warns Motorists|pages=9|work=Detroit Free Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71908822/the-hitch-hiker/|access-date=2021-05-23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>