Highway Pick-Up (1963)

(6.8) based on 19 votes
An escaped convict makes a remote gas station his safe haven. But soon the cunning, devious wife of the owner seeks a chance to use him to get what she wants.
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Nov 13, 1963
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01h 48m
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An escaped convict makes a remote gas station his safe haven. But soon the cunning, devious wife of the owner seeks a chance to use him to get what she wants.

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