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.

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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 incident ... 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 at the ... 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 punch tha... 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 wit... Read full article


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Was the first "B" movie chosen by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry, in 1992. Also the first Hollywood "Noir" honored.
It is frequently reported that this film was shot only in one week. In truth, the shooting schedule was 28 days. The "one week" myth appears to be based on an off-hand remark by director Edgar G. Ulmer toward the end of his life.
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.
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Released 1945
Inducted 1992
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