Fails the Bechdel test
The Hitcher
1986. Directed by Robert Harmon, written by Eric Red.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
A young man transporting a car to another state is stalked along the road by a cunning and relentless serial killer who eventually frames the driver for a string of murders. Chased by Police and shadowed by the killer, the driver's only help comes from a truck stop waitress.
- Released
- 21 Feb 1986
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 32 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Halsey 210 lines, man
- Ryder 66 lines, man
- Captain Eszterhas 32 lines, man
- Gal 24 lines, woman
- Trooper Prestone 13 lines, man
- Trooper Donner 11 lines, man
- Ticketeer 9 lines, man
- Waitress 9 lines, woman
- Proprietor 6 lines, man
- Trooper Dodge 6 lines, man
Full cast, 14 people
- Rutger Hauer as John Ryder
- C. Thomas Howell as Jim Halsey
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Nash
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Captain Esteridge
- Billy Green Bush as Trooper Donner
- John M. Jackson as Sergeant Starr
- Henry Darrow as Trooper Hancock
- Jon Van Ness as Trooper Hapscomb
- Jack Thibeau as Trooper Prestone
- Armin Shimerman as Interrogation Sergeant
- Gene Davis as Trooper Dodge
- Tony Epper as Trooper Conners
- Tom Spratley as Proprietor
- Colin Campbell as Construction Man
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 67
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 98 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 to 16 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 to 18 | 8 | 10 |
| 19 to 20 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 6 |
| 23 to 24 | 2 | 28 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 18 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 41 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 23 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 8 | 20 |
| 37 to 38 | 2 | 8 |
| 39 to 40 | 3 | 17 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 44 | 2 | 1 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 10 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 9 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 18 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 14 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 3 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 19 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 67 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 8 are women's.
33 lines from women, 367 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
1 women and 13 men in the cast. 0 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 109 of 413.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 112 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 8% of the words (310), men 92% (3,490).
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
20
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Robert Harmon (man)
- Written by
- Eric Red (man)
- Produced by
- David Bombyk (man), Kip Ohman (woman)
- Shot by
- John Seale (man)
- Edited by
- Frank J. Urioste (man)
- Music by
- Mark Isham (man)
- Production design by
- Dennis Gassner (man)
- Cast by
- Penny Perry (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
1 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 5 men
-
Camera
0 women, 5 men
-
Art
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 3 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jennifer Jason Leigh 23
Men
C. Thomas Howell 19, John M. Jackson 35, Armin Shimerman 36, Jeffrey DeMunn 38, Jon Van Ness 38, Jack Thibeau 39, Rutger Hauer 41, Billy Green Bush 50, Henry Darrow 52
Exhibit G: the money
It made 97% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $5.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 67 scenes and 413 lines of dialogue. How the test works
