Al Roberts, a piano player working in New York, hitchhikes to reach his girlfriend Sue in Los Angeles. Haskell, a rich man, gives him a ride and start telling him about the last hitchhiker he gave a ride to: a girl who scratched his face when he made advances to her. Al takes his turn driving while Haskel falls asleep. When he tries to wake him up, Al realizes that he is dead. Considered one of the best B-movie ever realized, this dreadful film, narrated in flashbacks by the main character's voice over, recalls the Kafkian atmospheres. Amazing is the closing five minutes long take.