The Hitch-Hiker (The Twilight Zone)

"The Hitch-Hiker"
The Twilight Zone episode
Inger Stevens in a scene from the episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 16
Directed byAlvin Ganzer
Teleplay byRod Serling
Based onThe Hitch-Hiker
by Lucille Fletcher
Featured musicStock, featuring Bernard Herrmann's score for the original radio version of "The Hitch-Hiker"
Production code173-3612
Original air dateJanuary 22, 1960 (1960-01-22)
Guest appearances

"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.