The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

"The Hitch-Hiker plays Lupino’s interest in social ills for horror instead of moral instruction, yet it does no less than those films to demonstrate the director’s firm grasp of contemporary fears."

"Lupino had a great filmmaker's eye, using the starkly beautiful street scenes in Not Wanted and the gorgeous, ever-present loneliness of empty highways in The Hitch-Hiker to set her characters apart."

"Taut, tough, and entirely without macho-glorification, it's a gem, with first-class performances from its three protagonists, deftly characterised without resort to cliché."

"Although he is a normally brave citizen, Edmond O'Brien is human enough to break down in frustration over his seemingly impossible position. And Frank Lovejoy's fortitude under this sort of duress appears logical, too. They may be trapped into a terrifying trip but their terrors become less frightening along the way."