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Mario's rating: 3.5/5 (side roads)

(Hostage) Road Trip: An act of kindness becomes a death sentence for two friends, as they drive a desperate man and his dead-eyed revolver.

👍 In gratitude:
William Talman as the hitch-hiker. The actor does an astonishing job of eliminating every redeeming feature from his character. Talman was slapped in public by a stranger soon after the film was released. "You know," Talman later said, "I never won an Academy Award, but I guess that was about as close as I ever will come to one."

👎 In memoriam:
The screenplay, including several character details, is based on an actual hitch-hiking killing spree in 1950. Six lives were subsequently lost, including the Mosser family and their three children, aged 7, 5 and 3.

📽️ Favourite scene:
The final pier scene: A long walk in darkness, with every finger on the trigger.

🥇 Best quote:
"You stink, Myers! You smell! Just like your clothes! You haven't got a chance. You haven't got a thing except that gun! You'd better hang onto it because without it, you're finished!"

🙁 Best depressing quote:
"You guys are soft. You know what makes you that way? You're up to your neck in IOU's. You're suckers! You're scared to get out on your own. You've always had it good, so you're soft. Well, not me! Nobody ever gave me anything, so I don't owe nobody!"





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