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Detour (1945) -- Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble.
Detour (1945) -- Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble.

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Director:
Writers:
Martin Goldsmith (screenplay)
Martin Goldsmith (original story)
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Release Date:
30 November 1945 (USA) more
Tagline:
He went searching for love... but Fate forced a DETOUR to Revelry... Violence... Mystery!
Plot:
Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

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Tom Neal ... Al Roberts
Ann Savage ... Vera
Claudia Drake ... Sue Harvey
Edmund MacDonald ... Charles Haskell Jr
Tim Ryan ... Nevada Diner Proprietor
Esther Howard ... Holly, Diner Waitress
Pat Gleason ... Joe, Trucker at Diner
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Runtime:
67 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:M (DVD rating) | UK:A (1946) | UK:U (1992) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #11048) | Australia:G

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The budget PRC gave director Edgar G. Ulmer for this film was so small that the 1941 Lincoln Continental V-12 convertible driven by Charles Haskell was actually Ulmer's personal car. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Al is playing the piano he is clearly not pressing any of the keys, just moving his fingers across the tops of them. more
Quotes:
Vera: If you act wise, well, mister, you'll pop into jail so fast it'll give you the bends! more
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Referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) more
Soundtrack:
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME more

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18 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
Ann Savage - Nothing Else Needs To Be Said, 23 December 2005
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Two words - Ann Savage - make this film worth viewing....and owning, if you are a film noir collector.

She is not a major player here. There is one lead actor (Tom Neal) and a few supporting ones in this ultra-low budget, amateurish-production values film. However, her character "Vera" has a place in film noir history as probably the nastiest woman to ever make an appearance in this genre.

Savage is so brutal that her insults, put-downs and nasty demeanor just make you laugh out loud. If this was made today, I could the imagine the profanity spewing out of her. She shows you don't need that to get your points across.

The movie, as a whole, is not as good as many critics would have you believe. Until Savage enters, it's so-so at best. Since it's only 68 minutes, one can endure some mediocre material which features a real loser-of-a-man until the femme fatale arrives. Neal's character is one of the ultimate downers on film and his life is just one big soap opera, at least if you listen to him moan about it. Without Ann, one viewing of this film would have been enough because Neal is just too much of a whining wimp to endure more than once.....but sweet little Vera saves the day, er film.

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