Detour
He went searching for love... but fate forced a DETOUR to revelry... violence... mystery!
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 22, 2014
- Originally Released: 1945
- Label: Film Chest
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Tom Neal & Ann Savage | |
Performer: | Tim Ryan, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Pat Gleason & Esther Howard | |
Directed by | Edgar G. Ulmer | |
Composition by | Leo Erdody | |
Art Direction by | Edward C. Jewell | |
Produced by | Leon Fromkess | |
Director of Photography: | Benjamin H. Kline |
Entertainment Reviews:
...One of the most revered 'B' cheapies...
USA Today
Detour is about as threadbare as they come: a small film, shot on a shoestring over a handful of days at a Poverty Row film studio. And yet, the finished product is uniquely compelling.
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Film Freak Central
Passion joins with folly to produce termite art par excellence.
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Time Out
Rating: 3.5/4 --
One of the most dour, dank and despairing of all film noir offerings.
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Film Frenzy
One of the most daring and thoroughly perverse works of art ever to come out of Hollywood.
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Chicago Reader
Uniformly good performances and some equally good direction and dialog keep the meller moving.
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Variety
Rating: 4/4 --
It lives on, haunting and creepy, an embodiment of the guilty soul of film noir. No one who has seen it has easily forgotten it.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Product Description:
Low budget director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. It has since inspired countless filmmakers. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives a feeling of a claustrophobic nightmare as Al (Tom Neal) a down-and-out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles in order to be with his singer girlfriend (Claudia Drake). Fate has other plans for Al when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel (Edmund MacDonald), who promptly dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity, and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker (Ann Savage).
This film is short, cramped and breathtaking, with no pause in its relentless rhythm of despair. Tom Neal's performance as the man snared in a web of fate is raw and real. Ann Savage is fierce. Ulmer's direction is hallucinatory and amazing. From a script by mystery writer Martin Goldsmith, this film demands repeat viewing by any serious student of cinema, or lover of movies.
This film is short, cramped and breathtaking, with no pause in its relentless rhythm of despair. Tom Neal's performance as the man snared in a web of fate is raw and real. Ann Savage is fierce. Ulmer's direction is hallucinatory and amazing. From a script by mystery writer Martin Goldsmith, this film demands repeat viewing by any serious student of cinema, or lover of movies.
Keywords:
Action
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Cult Film
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Vintage
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On-The-Road
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Film Noir
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Recommended
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