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Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker poster

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker(1979)

September 21, 19791h 36m

66%User score 66 percent

User Score

7 votes

They hitched their way to death!

Overview

A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac.

Director: Ted Post
Writers: Robert M. Young

Top Billed Cast

Dick Van Patten
Herb Thurston
Katherine Helmond
Elaine Thurston
James Carroll Jordan
Ron Leland
Katy Kurtzman
Trish Thurston

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Original language: English
Production: The Shpetner Company, ABC

Keywords

california
kidnapping
hitchhiking
teenage protagonist
cautionary tale
stranger danger

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