Deadly Strangers (1976)

Director
Sidney Hayers

Main cast
Hayley Mills; Simon Ward; Sterling Hayden; Ken Hutchison

Genres
Thriller

Description
After she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a ride by a good-looking but somewhat mysterious young man, who she comes to suspect may be a dangerous escapee from a mental asylum.


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