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The Hitchhiker, Vol. 4 [VHS]

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Includes the following three episodes.

"Videodate" - Jack Rhodes is a salesman that attempts to wear many disguises to get what he wants - women. One day, he gets a video letter from a mysterious woman who challenges him to meet her. She plays him like a fiddle and takes advantage of him. Now the tables are turned and Jeff can't escape, not even with his life. Stars: Shannon Tweed, Gregg Henry, Pauline Little, Michael Rudder, and Linda Smith.

"Face To Face" - Dr. Christopher Hamilton, an ambitious and pompous plastic surgeon, meets his challenge in Nina Russell, a patient in the process of a gender change. He completely botches up the procedure when he shows up to the surgery unprepared. Stars: Robert Vaughn, Sonja Smits, Sybil Danning, Michele Scarabelli, Robin Greer, and Arthur Corber.

"Man's Best Friend" - Richard Shepard is kicked out of his house by his wife Eleanor. He takes in a stray dog that begins killing off his enemies. When the dog goes for Eleanor, Richard tries to keep the dog from killing the woman he loves. Stars: Jennifer Cooke, Michael O'Keefe, Boyd Norman, Margot Pinvidic, and Joel Polis.

The first episode on each tape is complete, the other two are missing the beginning title sequence. All episodes end after the "Markowitz/Chesler Producing" logo (the "This Has Been An HBO Presentation" screen is omitted). The tape was duplicated in the SP speed. An interesting bit of trivia: the tapes in this series originally sold for a suggested retail price of $39.95 (according to the commercial on the Vol. 4 tape).

Each episode keeps you watching and always ends with an unexpected twist. I wish they would produce videos of the whole series; very good material.

Video consists of three shows of the old Hitchhiker Series. The one titled "Face to Face" with the fully tanned B-Movie Queen SYBIL DANNING is the best. Each episode deals with the moral lesson that when someone does something wrong, it comes back to haunt them.

I saw the episode VIDEO DATE when it first came out on HBO and was SO-O-O turned on by Shannon Tweed in that! She looks incredibly beautiful and provides the makings for an all-time-favorite fantasy of mine: being tied up and seduced by a beautiful woman. If I was that guy (who is a real slimball, by the way) I would give in to her suggestions and be held captive without hesitation, particularly when she is wearing a sexy black thing like she does in this episode. I ordered the tape strictly with the longing to see the "climatic" parts of VIDEO DATE. Who cares about the other two episodes!