Detour

★★★★★

“He went searching for love… but fate forced a DETOUR to revelry… violence… mystery!”

1945 · 1 h 6 min

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

CrimeDramaFilm-Noir

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Cast

Tom Neal Ann Savage Claudia Drake Edmund MacDonald Tim Ryan Esther Howard

Credits

Written by: Martin Goldsmith

Plot

A down-and-out pianist hitchhiking to Los Angeles is drawn into a nightmare of death and blackmail by a cruel woman, in a cheap, bleak and fatalistic film noir made in six days.

Sinekatalog’s take

A cheap but gripping, bleak and fatalistic noir classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (22,534 votes)
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