The Hitchhiker A Time for Rifles (Season 2, Episode 7)
TV-MA
TV Episode | 27 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The Hitchhiker

A Time for Rifles (Season 2, Episode 7)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 27 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Lew Bridgeman and Joe Caldwell are two longtime best friends who served together in the Vietnam War. Lew and Joe wind clashing with each other over Lew's fetching wife Rae, whom both men are in love with.

Director

David Wickes

Writers

Riff Markowitz (creator) | Lewis Chesler (creator) | Richard Rothstein (creator) | Stanford Whitmore (written by) | H.A. DeRose (story)

Producers

Lewis Chesler | Riff Markowitz

Composer

Michel Rubini

Cinematographer

Paul Van der Linden

Editor

Yves Langlois

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 2, 1985

Release date

Mar 2, 1985 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

9 wins & 21 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
5 cast members

Name	Known for
Page Fletcher The Hitchhiker The Hitchhiker See fewer	The Hitchhiker (1983)
Bo Hopkins Lew Bridgeman Lew Bridgeman See fewer	American Graffiti (1973)
John Ireland Jack Guttman Jack Guttman See fewer	All the King's Men (1949)
Kim Lankford Rae Bridgeman Rae Bridgeman See fewer	Knots Landing (1979)
Stephen McHattie Joe Caldwell Joe Caldwell See fewer	Pontypool (2008)