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30 November 1945 (USA)
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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
Awards:
1 win
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(5 articles)
Vacillating Voiceovers: A History of Unreliable Narrators
(From IFC. 16 July 2009, 8:39 AM, PDT)
More Noir! "I Wake Up Dreaming" Stays Extra 6 Days!
(From JustPressPlay. 27 May 2009, 4:06 PM, PDT)
(From IFC. 16 July 2009, 8:39 AM, PDT)
More Noir! "I Wake Up Dreaming" Stays Extra 6 Days!
(From JustPressPlay. 27 May 2009, 4:06 PM, PDT)
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Bottom rung studio rings loud kudos
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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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67 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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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.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Al Roberts is dragging Charles Haskell Jr's body from the car into the bushes on the side of the road, you can see the rain-making apparatus shooting water up into the air to generate the rain.
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Vera:
Life's like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you find it's the ninth inning.
Al Roberts: You read that somewhere...
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Al Roberts: You read that somewhere...
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Featured in Wanderlust (2006) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Waltz Op. 39 in A Flat Major
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Dear Me, PRC, the sub-Republic/Monogram indie studio that was considered the most cardboard of studios managed on this occasion to actually create a deliciously nasty noir. DETOUR, as many commentators here like to spoil for you by telling you THE WHOLE STORY is an excellent low budget film of one man's descent into accidental crime. So powerful are the screen images and the seedy tawdry drama that one almost forgets they are watching one of the cheapest (and profitable) films ever made. Monogram Pictures made several highly appreciated low end noirs (like the truly shocking DECOY of 1946) and must have been very envious of the now enduring $66,000 PRC masterpiece DETOUR. In fact I would not be surprised to find that Monogram were inspired enough to make DECOY as a result. Tom Neal sadly actually went to jail in real life in a genuine DETOUR like way and vicious Ann Savage lived up to her name in a few more noir shockers for various crummy B/W outfits who specialized until the mid 50s in similar films. NARROW MARGIN and KISS ME DEADLY are equals. DETOUR is one of the most rewarding grim descents into 40s desperation film making and the doomed loser played by Tom Neal certainly is the most tragic of them all. This is a great film. It is all it is meant to be and viewers who sit riveted to the unfolding emotional horror are genuinely rewarded. Originally TIFFANY STUDIOS in the 20s the lot became for hire after 1932 then was the home for GRAND NATIONAL from 1935 -39 and morphed into PRC in 1940. With a huge shed of snazzy 20s furniture and sets from the previous 15 years it allowed PRC's budget conscious front office to upgrade their art direction by virtue of all these classy fittings costumes bought and left there by the sophisticated view of those previous managements. I have seen a number of independent B grade30s pix made there with the same sets and outfittings inbetween management reincarnation. PRC in the late 40s were bought up by EAGLE-LION a US/Brit franchise headed by J Arthur Rank and rolled in 1950 into UNITED ARTISTS. As one journalist aptly wrote "No other poverty row outfit were able to cash in their chips so handsomely". Good on 'em! See DETOUR and gasp!!