Hi-Jacked

This article is about the film. For Joe 90 episode, see Hi-jacked (Joe 90). For other uses, see Hijack and Hijacking.

Hi-Jacked is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Sam Newfield and starring Jim Davis and Marcia Mae Jones.^[1]

Hi-Jacked
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Screenplay by	Orville Hampton Fred Myton
Story by	Fred Myton Raymond L. Schrock (as Raymond Schrock)
Produced by	Sigmund Neufeld
Starring	Jim Davis Marcia Mae Jones
Cinematography	Philip Tannura (as Phil Tennura)
Edited by	Edward Mann
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Production company	Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures
Release date	July 7, 1950 (1950-07-07)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A parolee working for a tracking line struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.

Cast

• Jim Davis as Joe Harper
• Marcia Mae Jones as Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
• Sid Melton as Killer
• Davis Bruce as Matt
• Paul Cavanagh as Hagen
• Ralph Sanford as Stephen Clark
• House Peters Jr. as Hank
• Iris Adrian as Aggie
• George Eldredge as Digbey
• William E. Green as Arthur Kent
• Margia Dean as Dolly, the Waitress
• Kit Guard as Parolee (as Kid Guard)
• Lee Phelps as Highway Patrolman
• Myron Healey as Police Broadcaster
• Lee Bennett as Charlie

Reception

Critic Dorothy Masters of the New York Daily News wrote: "Jim Davis plays the lead, and does fairly well at it, considering the improbables."^[2]

Syndicated columnist Jimmie Fidler wrote: "Class B melodrama with lots of action, but a threadbare plot."^[3]