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Detour (1945)

Director(s) Edgar G. Ulmer
Producer(s) Leon Fromkess, Martin Mooney
Top Genres Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation, Film Noir, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Top Topics Book-Based, Femme Fatale
More Films Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer More Films Produced by Leon Fromkess More Films from 1945 More Films from the 1940s Top Classic Movies of the 1940s Top Book-Based Films

Detour Overview:

Detour (1945) was a Film Noir - Drama Film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and produced by Leon Fromkess and Martin Mooney.

Detour was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992.

Detour BlogHub Articles:

Tom Neal and Ann Savage take a fatal "Detour"

By Stephen Reginald on Nov 5, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

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 (Neal)... Read full article

The Misunderstood Femme Fatale of Detour

By Judy on Nov 7, 2022 From Cary Grant Won't Eat You

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 over the inc... Read full article

Day 9 of Noirvember: Al Roberts in Detour (1945)

By shadowsandsatin on Nov 9, 2021 From Shadows and Satin

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 a... Read full article

YouTube Noir — Noirvember Day 5: Detour (1945)

By shadowsandsatin on Nov 5, 2020 From Shadows and Satin

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 feel cheap, and it packs a noir... Read full article

Day Thirteen of Noirvember: Savage Detour

By shadowsandsatin on Nov 13, 2018 From Shadows and Satin

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 to California to meet up... Read full article

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Detour Facts
Shot quickly in mostly two locations: the hotel room apartment, and the car in front of a rear projection screen on a soundstage at PRC. The actual shooting schedule was 28 days, including a brief location shoot in Lancaster, California for the desert scenes, and backplates for rear projection.
German filmmaker Wim Wenders called Ann Savage's performance as Vera "30 years ahead of it's time".
While setting up to film a hitchhiking scene, a passing car tried to pick up Ann Savage (made up to look dirty and disheveled), causing laughter in the rest of the crew.
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.
Errol Morris' favorite film. He said of it: "It has an unparalleled quality of despair, totally unrelieved by hope."
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