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Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979): Where to Watch & Stream · TV Tonight

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

1979 · 1h 36m · Movie

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

They hitched their way to death!

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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.

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Digital release: September 21, 1979

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Cast

Dick Van Patten
Herb Thurston
Katherine Helmond
Elaine Thurston
James Carroll Jordan
Ron Leland
Katy Kurtzman
Trish Thurston
Christopher Knight
Nick
Brad David

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Cathy Robinson

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