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Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Film / 1979

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

Directed by Ted Post
DramaTV movie

★ 6.6/10Audience rating

A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac.

The story

A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac.

Cast

Dick Van PattenHerb Thurston Katherine HelmondElaine Thurston James Carroll JordanRon Leland Katy KurtzmanTrish Thurston Christopher KnightNick Brad DavidWayne Charlene TiltonJulie Thurston Karlene CrockettDana Dominique DunneCathy Robinson Shelly BattFrancine Richard SandersMr. Fogarty Patricia SmithMarion Burke
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Jack RaderSean Burke Noelle North Don McLean Craig T. NelsonClaims Adjuster Art Kassul Pat Corley Bernie Kuby Cyrus Yavneh R.A. Rondell James Jeter Nicolas Beauvy Rick CirimeleGary (uncredited) Julie WakefieldHitchhiker (uncredited) Cheryl FayeTeenager

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