1. Detour (1946) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
Based on the novel Detour: An Extraordinary Tale by Martin Goldsmith (New York, 1939). Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 8m. Sound. Mono (Western Electric Sound ...
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man's identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
2. Detour | Rotten Tomatoes
Ulmer's waking nightmare Detour (1945), an existential, almost surreal thriller, as the “B”-est film noir ever made. Content collapsed.
In New York, piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) laments when his singer girlfriend, Sue Harvey (Claudia Drake), leaves for Hollywood, Calif. When Al gets some money, he decides to hitchhike to California to join Sue. In Arizona, Al accepts a ride with Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald), but during a storm in a freak accident, Haskell is killed. Frightened, Al assumes Haskell's identity and car, but soon comes upon the mysterious Vera (Ann Savage), who seems to know all about his true identity.
3. Detour (1945) [The Criterion Collection] - Blu-ray Disc
Jun 24, 2019 · Although Detour runs a slender 68 minutes, you can get lost in it. It's just hard to shake, and Al, surely among the saddest of Hollywood sad ...
****/**** Image A- Sound A- Extras B starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald screenplay by Martin Goldsmith, based on his novel directed by Edgar G. Ulmer by Bryant Frazer Among legitimate Hollywood classics, Detour is about as threadbare as they come: a small film, shot on a shoestring over a handful of days (between six and 14, depending on whose accounting you believe) at a Poverty Row film studio. And yet, the finished product is uniquely compelling. As a crime thriller, it’s notable for the absence of gunfights, chase scenes, double-crosses, and back-stabbings. What it’s lacking in…
4. Detour (1945) - Movie Review / Film Essay - Gone With The Twins
Halfway through the swift picture (a refreshing 67-minute runtime), “Detour” introduces the lead female role of Vera (Ann Savage) – another hitchhiker, full of ...
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5. Raw Noir – A Look At Edgar G Ulmer's Detour (1945)
Dec 12, 2016 · Running at just under 70 minutes, Detour exudes all the elements of film noir. Its' themes, characters and raw imagery draws an audience in ...
‘Until then I had done things my way, but from then on something stepped in and shunted me off to a different destination than the one I’d picked for myself’. Cinema has films th…
6. Detour movie review & film summary (1945) - Roger Ebert
This movie from Hollywood's poverty row, shot in six days, filled with technical errors and ham-handed narrative, starring a man who can only pout and a woman ...
"Detour" is a movie so filled with imperfections that it would not earn the director a passing grade in film school. This movie from Hollywood's poverty row,
7. Detour - Public Domain Movies |
The film was completed, negative cut and printed throughout the late summer and fall of 1945. It was released in November of that year. The total period of pre- ...
In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. On a rainy night, the sleazy gambler he's riding with mysteriously dies; afraid of the police, Roberts takes the man's identity. But thanks to a blackmailing dame, Roberts' every move plunges him deeper into trouble... - IMDB Description
8. Detour (1945) - Reality Is Scary
Dec 11, 2015 · The film's screenplay is also by Goldsmith, and almost everything in it comes directly from the book. It's an unusually faithful adaptation.
The movie Detour has long been considered a film noir classic. Reams have been written about director Edgar Ulmer’s amazingly terse, unnervingly intense exploration of alienation and despair …
9. Detour (1945) - Alex on Film
Jan 1, 2020 · And I don't think it scores points for being quick on its feet at just over an hour. In fact, on every occasion I've seen it again I've been ...
*. Why is a movie as bad as Detour considered to be a classic? Not because it’s so bad it’s good, in a campy Plan 9 from Outer Space sort of way. Its shortcomings aren’t that ente…