The Drifter is a 1988 thriller movie starring Kim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms, Al Shannon, Miles O'Keeffe and Anna Garduno.

The film is about a successful single woman who picks up a mysterious hitchhiker on a deserted road.

[1] Julia Robbins (Kim Delaney) is an emerging fashion designer returning home to Los Angeles after a sales trip in northern California.

At Oki Dog in West Hollywood, Julia drops the drifter off, and indicates that she wants to leave things at a one-night stand.

Julia is guilt-ridden over the affair, confessing what happened to her friend Matty (Anna Garduno).

Unnerved at how he has been able to track her down, Julia agrees to meet him back at Oki Dog, where he insists that they must be together.

In the climax to the film, Julia finds Arthur dead in his study from a gunshot to the head.

He eventually explains that he was snooping on Julia at her apartment when Matty showed up, and he had to kill her to cover his tracks.

Most notably, during the final confrontation between Julia and the detective, a boom mike is visible at the top of the shot.