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Useless Information Podcast

Bad Apples #2 - The Hitch-Hiker - UI Podcast #149

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, my wife Mary Jane joins me to review the classic movie "The Hitch-Hiker." Directed by Ida Lupino, this movie was inspired by the crimes of mass murderer Billy Cook, which was told in podcast #148 titled "Badman Billy Cook." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

0:04.0

Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign.

0:07.0

If you love old movies, Hollywood history

0:09.0

or the Golden Age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place.

0:12.0

This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinseltown

0:15.0

from another era and fascinating conversations

0:17.0

with writer-producer Steve Cubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.

0:21.0

So Steve, did Ava Gardner and Howard Hughes have a good relationship?

0:25.0

Well, they did until he dislocated her jaw.

0:28.0

What?

0:29.0

Don't worry, she's hitting back with an ash tray.

0:31.0

From Beneath the Hollywood Sign, is the gin joint for you.

0:36.0

This is the useless information podcast.

0:38.0

I am Steve Silverman.

0:40.0

Useless information.

0:46.0

So as I mentioned in my last podcast, which is titled Bad Man Billy,

0:50.0

there was a movie made based on the life of Billy Cook

0:54.0

and it was titled The Hitchhiker and it came out in 1953

0:58.0

and my wife Mary Jane is here again to join us to review that movie.

1:03.0

So say hello.

1:04.0

Hello everybody.

1:05.0

Thanks for joining us.

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