Hitch-Hike (film)
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Directed by | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
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Story by | Aldo Crudo[1] |
Based on | The Violence and the Fury by Peter Kane |
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Edited by | Antonio Siciliano[1] |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
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Distributed by | Medusa Distribuzione |
Running time | 104 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy |
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Hitch-Hike (Italian: Autostop rosso sangue, lit. 'Blood-red hitchhiking'), also known as Death Drive and The Naked Prey is an Italian crime film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. The film stars Franco Nero and Corinne Cléry as a couple in a troubled marriage, and David Hess as a fugitive who takes them hostage. The musical score was written by Ennio Morricone. The film is based on Peter Kane's novel The Violence and the Fury.
Plot
Walter Mancini (Nero), an alcoholic reporter, and his wife Eve (Cléry) are on a
While the three stop for the night, Konitz's two partners, whom he had betrayed to get all the loot for himself, shoot at Konitz and take control of the money and the car. They decide to keep the Mancinis alive until reaching the
Despite Eve's opposition, Walter decides to keep the two million instead of going to the police. After the four young motorcyclists the couple met at a gas station pass them and pour oil on the road, the Mancinis' car goes off the road and crashes. One of the youngsters takes three hundred from Walter's pocket, but leaves the suitcase on the back seat untouched. The thieves then ride away. Eve is badly hurt and requests help from Walter. Walter brings Konitz's body from their trailer and plants it on the accident scene. He then tells the dying Eve that the thieves had only helped him. He had planned to stop after 15 to 20 miles, kill her and make it look like an accident. After lighting up a cigarette and setting the car and the trailer on fire, Walter starts walking and, hearing a car come by, thumbs a ride.
Cast
- Franco Nero as Walter Mancini
- Corinne Cléry (as Corinne Clery) as Eve Mancini
- David Hess as Adam Konitz
- Joshua Sinclair (as John Loffredo) as Oaks
- Carlo Puri as Hawk
- Ignazio Spalla (as Pedro Sanchez) as Mexican Way Station Clerk
- Leonardo Scavino (as Leon Lenor) as Mendoza
- Mónica Zanchi (as Monica Zanchi) as Campsite Lover
- Benito Pacifico as Highway Patrolman #1
- Angelo Ragusa as Highway Patrolman #2
- Luigi Birri as Motorcycle Punk #2
- Robert Sommer as Harry Stetson
- Ann Ferguson as Lucy Stetson
- Fausto Di Bella as Motorcycle Punk #1
Production
The film was based on The Violence and the Fury by Peter Kane.[1]
In The Devil Thumbs a Ride, a short
Just a few days before the shooting of the film began, Nero broke his arm at the set of the Spaghetti Western Keoma while giving a misbehaving horse a punch. Nero approached Campanile with his problem and the script was quickly modified. In the final script, Nero's character hurts his hand in the beginning of the film and Cléry's character drives the car.[2]
Because filming in the United States would have been too expensive, the film was shot in the mountains of the
Reception
In a contemporary review, the
References
- ^ Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 45, no. 528. United Kingdom: British Film Institute. p. 153.
- ^ a b c "The Devil Thumbs a Ride." Hitch-Hike DVD, Blue Underground, Inc. 2002.
External links
- Hitch-Hike at IMDb