"I saw at once he was dead."
Al Roberts (Tom Neal) is hitch-hiking to L.A. when he's picked up by Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald). Unfortunately nearing the California state line Haskell dies; Roberts panics, dumping the body, and taking the car. Then he falls further into his nightmares when he picks up Vera (Ann Savage), who quickly reveals that she knows that Al doesn't own the car and is determined to chisel as much out of Roberts as she can.
A cheap thriller that becomes a taut and claustrophobic two hander, with an enthusiastically evil female character. Classic noir in other words.
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