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Hitchhike to Happiness

1945 film by Joseph Santley
Movie film Q16251390
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Summary

Hitchhike to Happiness is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Joseph Santley[3]
  • Genre: musical film[4]
  • Cast member: Al Pearce[5], Dale Evans[6], William Frawley[7], Jerome Cowan[8], Joyce Compton[9], Maude Eburne[10], Irving Bacon[11], Gayne Whitman[12]
  • Director of photography: Jack A. Marta[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Color: black-and-white[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1945[17]
  • Distributed by: Republic Pictures[18]
  • Film editor: Fred Allen[19]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[20]
  • Title: Hitchhike to Happiness[21]
  • Duration: 71 minutes[22]

Why It Matters

Hitchhike to Happiness has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

film United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'simple']
    Ampas collections film id → W088296
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W088296, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → black-and-white
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+71'}
    Instance of → film
    Genre → musical film
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 175319, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269270|batch #269270]]"
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