Hi-Jacked

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Hi-Jacked
Hi-Jacked film poster.jpg
Directed by Sam Newfield
Screenplay by Orville Hampton
Fred Myton
Story by Fred Myton
Raymond L. Schrock
(as Raymond Schrock)
Produced by Sigmund Neufeld
Starring Jim Davis
Marcia Mae Jones
Cinematography Philip Tannura
(as Phil Tennura)
Edited byEdward Mann
Music by Paul Dunlap
Production
company
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed by Lippert Pictures
Release date
  • July 7, 1950 (1950-07-07)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hi-Jacked is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Sam Newfield and starring Jim Davis and Marcia Mae Jones. [1]

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Plot

A parolee working for a tracking line struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.

Cast

Reception

Critic Dorothy Masters of the New York Daily News wrote: "Jim Davis plays the lead, and does fairly well at it, considering the improbables." [2]

Syndicated columnist Jimmie Fidler wrote: "Class B melodrama with lots of action, but a threadbare plot." [3]

References

  1. "Fast Worker: The Films of Sam Newfield – Senses of Cinema". 2010-07-11.
  2. Masters, Dorothy (1950-10-04). "Western Hero Is a Psycho in New York's Twin Film Bill". New York Daily News . p. 79.
  3. Fiddler, Jimmie (1950-07-02). "Fidler in Hollywood". Nevada State Journal . Reno, Nevada. p. 4.