Mark Jennings

Mark Jennings is the main antagonist in the 1982 live-action film Tex.

Role in the film
On their way to Bixby, Tex and Mason pick up Mark and he points a gun into Mason's chest and instructs Tex to drive him to the state border. To get the attention of a following police car, Tex swerves off the road while Mason grabs the gun out of Mark's hands. Mark tries to escape, but the police officers manage to shoot him dead. Seeing the boys on that evening's television news report, their father Pop McCormick telephones to announce his return from the rodeo. He arrives early the next morning and is berated by Mason for his negligence as a parent.

Trivia

 * In the original novel by S.E. Hinton, the hitchhiker's name is Kelly instead of Mark.