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Detour

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Detour
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NR,1hr 7min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1946
Director:
Edgar G. Ulmer
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake  ...more
Synopsis: Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour begins when hitchhiker Al Roberts (Tom Neal) accepts a ride from affable gambler Charles Haskell Jr. (Edmund MacDonald). When Haskell suffers a fatal heart attack, Roberts, afraid that he'll be accused of murder, disposes of the body, takes the man's clothes and wallet, and begins driving the car himself. He picks up beautiful but sullen Vera (Ann Savage), who suddenly breaks the silence by asking, "What did you do with the body?" It turns out that Vera had earlier accepted ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Edgar G. Ulmer was one of the very few filmmakers who was able to carve out a distinctive and memorable style while working in the lowest depths of Hollywood's Poverty Row, and he rarely wrung more from less than in Detour. Detour was shot in a mere six days, and one look at the shoddy, minimalist sets or the clumsy, in-the-camera optical effects makes clear that this movie wasn't meant to be anything ... Full Review
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Tom Neal
Al Roberts
Ann Savage
Vera
Claudia Drake
Sue
Edmund MacDonald
Charles Haskell, Jr.
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