Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 5, 2024

Tom Neal and Ann Savage take a fatal "Detour" Detour (1945) is an American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. It was released by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), a Poverty Row movie studio that operated during the 1930s and 1940s. Al Roberts...   read more

Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on November 7, 2022

The common line on Detour (1945) is that it features one of the nastiest of femme fatales—a fascinating, feral creature. It’s true that Ann Savage as Vera is a powerhouse, and I can’t stop watching her. But is she really all that bad? **Some plot reveals.*** So many reviewers skim...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 9, 2021

Today’s Noirvember post shines the spotlight on one unlucky dude – Al Roberts in Detour (1945). WHAT’S DETOUR ABOUT? New York piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) hitch-hikes his way across the country to reunite with his singer-girlfriend, who made the trek to the Golden State to try her hand...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 5, 2020

If you’ve never seen Detour (1945), you’re in for a down and dirty, noirishly good treat. I envy you. Detour is one of those “B” noirs you may have heard about, with a budget so low that the director, Edgar Ulmer, used his own car for filming. But it doesn’t...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 13, 2018

Detour (1945) is 68 minutes of cracking good lines, an edge-of-your-seat plot, and a perfect noir ending. And then there’s Ann Savage. In the film, Savage plays Vera, a hitch-hiker picked up on the side of the road by Al Roberts (Tom Neal), who’s on his way from New York...   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on November 4, 2018

Detour (1945): Noir’s unlikely masterpiece On November 4, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized About eight years ago, I watched Detour (1945) for the very first time. I was in the early stages of my film buff-ness, and I wanted to consume as many movies as p   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 15, 2015

Hollywood is really missing out, because with the direction that the industry has gone there really is no space for a film like Detour to be made by conventional methods anymore. It was shot in less than two weeks. It cost a minuscule amount compared to the contemporary A-Pictures, and...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 15, 2015

Hollywood is really missing out, because with the direction that the industry has gone there really is no space for a film like Detour to be made by conventional methods anymore. It was shot in less than two weeks. It cost a minuscule amount compared to the contemporary A-Pictures, and...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on October 20, 2015

“You never know what’s in store for you when you hear the squeal of brakes.” That’s Detour (1945). A 67-minute advertisement for why hitchhiking is a bad idea, Detour is one of my favorite guilty pleasures from the classic film noir era. In a nutshell, the film centers on Al...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on July 9, 2014

Detour should be episodic, but it's not. The film chronicles the misadventures of Tom Neal's night club pianist, who's stuck not being good enough for Carnegie Hall and having a fickle fiancée (Claudia Drake) from the outset. When he does decide to follow her out to her dreams in Cal   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on June 27, 2014

Detour Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer Written by Martin Goldsmith 1945/USA Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video #186 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Vera: Are the girls in Phoenix that bad? This classic shows what a gifted director can do with six da   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 21, 2013

(Image: Noir of the Week) Al (Tom Neal) is a talented piano player who is unhappy with his job in a New York nightclub. The job is slightly sweetened by the fact that he performs with a pretty lady named Sue (Claudia Drake), and they’ve fallen in love. When Sue...   read more

Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on December 17, 2012

On Friday, the IFC Center in New York City kicked off a week-long festival of road movies selected by Walter Salles, director of the upcoming adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s ON THE ROAD. I saw three of the iconic films presented this weekend: John Ford’s THE SEARCHERS (1956); Michelangelo A   read more