Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
“They hitched their way to death!”
1979•1h 36m•6.6•Released
DramaTV Movie
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.
Director
Ted Post
Writer
Robert M. Young
Languages
English
Studio
The Shpetner Company
Cast
Dick Van Patten
Herb Thurston
Katherine Helmond
Elaine Thurston
James Carroll Jordan
Ron Leland
Katy Kurtzman
Trish Thurston
Christopher Knight
Nick
Brad David
Wayne
Charlene Tilton
Julie Thurston
Karlene Crockett
Dana
Dominique Dunne
Cathy Robinson
Shelly Batt
Francine
Alain Patrick
Claude
Richard Sanders
Mr. Fogarty
Patricia Smith
Marion Burke
Jack Rader
Sean Burke
Noelle North
Production
Company
The Shpetner Company
Company
ABC
Producer
Stanley Shpetner
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