The Hitch-Hiker (The Twilight Zone)

"**The Hitch-Hiker**"
"The Hitch-Hiker"
The Twilight Zone episode
	Inger Stevens in a scene from the episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 16
Directed by	Alvin Ganzer
Teleplay by	Rod Serling
Based on	The Hitch-Hiker; by Lucille Fletcher
Featured music	Stock, featuring Bernard Herrmann's score for the original radio version of "The Hitch-Hiker"
Production code	173-3612
Original air date	January 22, 1960
Guest appearances
	Inger Stevens as Nan Adams; Leonard Strong as The Hitch-Hiker; Adam Williams as Sailor; Russ Bender as Counterman; Lew Gallo as Mechanic; George Mitchell as Gas Station Man; Eleanor Audley as Mrs. Whitney (voice);
Episode chronology
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"The Hitch-Hiker" is the sixteenth episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone which originally aired on January 22, 1960, on CBS. It is based on Lucille Fletcher's radio play The Hitch-Hiker. It is frequently listed among the series' greatest episodes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Cruz, Gilbert (October 2, 2009). "The Hitch Hiker (1960)". TIME. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
^ Wheatley, Cliff (June 27, 2014). "The Top 10 Twilight Zone Episodes". IGN. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
^ Morgan, David. "The 10 greatest "Twilight Zone" episodes: "The HItch-Hiker"". CBS. Retrieved May 31, 2016.