Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5020301070019
Format: Black & White, PAL
Label: Visionary Comms. Ltd.
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Visionary Comms. Ltd.
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Visionary Comms. Ltd.
Release Date: January 24, 2000
Running Time: 65 minutes
Studio: Visionary Comms. Ltd.
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1945

---

Related Items:

• Kiss Me Deadly [1955]
• D.O.A. [1950]
• Pickup On South Street [1953]
• Road House [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
• Criss Cross [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
• see more

Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display

---

Rating: - Low Budget movie
DETOUR is told in a flashback from that lonely stool. Roberts and his girlfriend work as pianist/singer in a fleabag club out east. Comes a foggy night and she splits up with him to pursue fame out west. Weeks later he calls and they agree to get back together. He'll come out west and they can be married.


Being down at his heels Roberts is forced to hitchhike to California. All goes well until he reaches Arizona, where Fate deals Roberts one nasty hand after another. In short ... Read More

---

Rating: - Detour
What neither of the above reviews mentions is how incredibly funny Detour is ... it had me howling with laughter. Admittedly, a glass or two of wine helped. As for the ending? Aw, come on guys, the title's Detour and what better end-of-the-line for the end-of-the-road villainess? I'm still shopping for a copy of my own - roll on, region 2. Can't wait.

---

Rating: - A low-budget film noir classic
1945's Detour is not only one of your truly vintage film noir classics of all-time, it is also ranked by many among the best low-budget films ever made, largely due to the memorable performances of Tom Neal and Ann Savage. The directorial slant which frames the story is dead on, and one has to think that a larger budget would probably have done more harm than good to this gritty, realistic, film noir tour de force. Tom Neal plays Al Roberts, one of those unfortunate men who was born both stupid ... Read More

---

Rating: - Edgar G. Ulmer's "Poverty Row" B-Movie Classic Film Noir
"Detour" was the first classic B-movies from "Poverty Row" to be selected for the U.S. National Film Registry in 1992. Director Edgar G. Ulmer had no money and made up for the film's economic shortcomings with some rather impressive innovative visual techniques. The story is of Al Roberts (Tom Neal), a young piantist who is hitchhiking across the country and becomes involved in two murders he did not commit because he is, well, pretty stupid. However, Al just thinks that he is unlucky, saying at one ... Read More

---

Rating: - Don't believe a word Al (Tom Neal) tells you.
DETOUR, released in 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Tom Neal and the fabulously named Ann Savage has to be viewed with care. Tom Neal (Al) is in love with a cabaret singer and she, according to Al, is in love with him. The romance between Al and Sue, though talked about, is never seen. There feelings and plans are interpreted by the Neal character. But why does what he tells us have yo be the truth. On a first viewing the film appears to be about a man trapped by circumstance and bad ... Read More

---