Highway Pick-Up
Nov 13 1963
•2h 48m
•Crime, Drama
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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Robert Hossein
Daniel Boisset
Jean Sorel
Paul Genest
Catherine Rouvel
Maria
Georges Wilson
Thomas
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