The Hitchhikers

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The Hitchhikers
Directed byBeverly Sebastian
Ferd Sebastian
Written byBeverly Sebastian
Ferd Sebastian
Produced byBeverly Sebastian
Ferd Sebastian
CinematographyFerd Sebastian
Production
company
Sebastian Films
Distributed byEntertainment Ventures Inc
Release date
  • April 5, 1972 (1972-04-05) [1]
Running time
92 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45,000 [2]
Box office$3 million [3]

The Hitchhikers is a 1972 film written, produced, and directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian. [4] [5] The film marks the theatrical debut, as well as the first nude scenes, for actress Misty Rowe. [6]

Contents

Premise

A pregnant teen is kicked out of her house and joins a band of women who lure and rob motorists. [7] [8]

Cast

Production

The film was made on the topic of runaways. [1] The film was made for $45,000. [2] "We know our audience," said Ferd Sebastian. "Our movies have a plot that goes A-B-C. Nothing complicated just a lot of action and a story I can understand, that you can understand and that the guy who dropped out of school in the ninth grade can get something out of." [4]

Reception

Critical

The Boston Globe called it a "stupid little movie... nothing more than a smirking skin flick". [9]

The Pittsburgh Press said "what would have been tedious as half-hour TV drama has been padded to 93 minutes." [10]

Spinning Image said "Part dreadful warning to the squares, part invitation to the hippies, this was of its time, shall we say." [11]

Box office

The film grossed nearly $3 million. [3] [12] Ferd Sabstian says he made $300,000 from it. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 ""The Hitchhikers" - Newest film from husband and wife". The Daily Review. April 4, 1972. p. 6.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ferd and Beverly Sebastian". Videscope. Fall 2018. p. 21.
  3. 1 2 "Gator Bait film Slated World Premiere in Tyler". Tyler Morning Telegraph. October 10, 1973. p. 5.
  4. 1 2 "Two filmmakers hit low 'Gator Bait' goal". The Commercial Appeal. November 6, 1973. p. 29.
  5. ↑ "The Hitchhikers Explains Why Teens Run Away". The Leaf-Chronicle. May 14, 1972. p. 37.
  6. ↑ "The Hitchikers trivia IMDb". IMDb.com.
  7. ↑ Puchalski, Steven. "The Hitchhikers (1994)". Shock Cinema.com.
  8. ↑ "The Hitchhikers logline". Rotten Tomatoes.com.
  9. ↑ "Hitchhikers film review". The Boston Globe. May 18, 1972. p. 28.
  10. ↑ "Voicing views". The Pittsburgh Press. June 8, 1972. p. 35.
  11. ↑ Review of film at Spinning Image
  12. ↑ "Sebastian productions are a family affair". The Bastrop Daily Enterprise. October 10, 1973. p. 6.
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