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Detour Reviews

1945

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Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble. Read more

Starring	Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald
Director	Edgar G. Ulmer
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller

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- - 7
  - 0
  Great film noir, lousy DVD transfer
  
  This is a great film noir short with a suspiciously moral ending (probably tacked on by Hollywood). But despite that if you like 1940s Film Noir it's an ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 07 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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- - 0
  - 0
  Urban misery
  
  Very much in the 40s-50s film noir tradition (stark lighting, ever-present stress, comic book dialogue in harsh accents) which happens to be a favoured genre of... read more »
  
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- 1035071
- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Aug 2011 at 12:14
- - 1
  - 0
  Poverty row gem
  
  Edgar Ulmer was a first rate to director who fell out with studies and had a long career in the poverty row studios. Shot in a week, Detour clearly is ... read more »
  
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- - Toxfly
  - 11 reviews
  - West Malling
  - 06 Jul 2008 at 18:52
- - 0
  - 0
  a hitch hikers guide to bad luck
  
  a story is told in flashback to explain why a drifter is as grumpy as he is and so starts the reason for his hitch-hike across the US. He ends up under the ... read more »
  
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- 463910
- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 06 Aug 2007 at 20:42
- - 2
  - 0
  A Detour in the head
  
  This little film noir has a cult reputation. Is it deserved? Perhaps, if you can suspend your disbelief and can accept the slightly ... read more »
  
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- 390413
- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Nov 2006 at 10:39
- - 1
  - 0
  Kissed with a wrench
  
  A bleak, sleazy film which introduced the use of flashbacks accompanied by a numbed voice-over that became the standard of film noir. The minimal budget and ... read more »
  
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- 273708
- - ChesterDent
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Aug 2006 at 16:46
- - 0
  - 0
  O.T.T. and highly implausible rubbish.
  
  This is rubbish. Not even worth a star. When I think of all the great 40's films that you don't stock... Why keep this ???
  
  Am very ... read more »
  
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- 265751
- - Ellen Stevenson
  - Dumfries.
  - 19 Jul 2006 at 11:47
- - 0
  - 0
  surreal film noir
  
  A shoestring budget and unknown cast somehow combine to produce something special here.
  
  The direction was excellent, creating a dark and gritty ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - Daniel Aston
  - leeds
  - 12 Mar 2006 at 10:36
- - 3
  - 9
  good film ruined by quality of dvd transfer
  
  i really like this film. the main character is really an anti-hero, the female lead is a vicious harpy, it has a cheap and tacky look, yet it is compelling. the... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 158945
- - DJM
  - Staffs
  - 10 Oct 2005 at 09:00
- - 7
  - 0
  Great film noir, lousy DVD transfer
  
  This is a great film noir short with a suspiciously moral ending (probably tacked on by Hollywood). But despite that if you like 1940s Film Noir it's an ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 78785
- - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 07 Mar 2005 at 12:59
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 7
  - 0
  Great film noir, lousy DVD transfer
  
  This is a great film noir short with a suspiciously moral ending (probably tacked on by Hollywood). But despite that if you like 1940s Film Noir it's an ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 78785
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 07 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- - 2
  - 0
  A Detour in the head
  
  This little film noir has a cult reputation. Is it deserved? Perhaps, if you can suspend your disbelief and can accept the slightly ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 390413
- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Nov 2006 at 10:39
- - 1
  - 0
  Kissed with a wrench
  
  A bleak, sleazy film which introduced the use of flashbacks accompanied by a numbed voice-over that became the standard of film noir. The minimal budget and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 273708
- - ChesterDent
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Aug 2006 at 16:46
- - 1
  - 0
  Poverty row gem
  
  Edgar Ulmer was a first rate to director who fell out with studies and had a long career in the poverty row studios. Shot in a week, Detour clearly is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 593710
- - Toxfly
  - 11 reviews
  - West Malling
  - 06 Jul 2008 at 18:52
- - 0
  - 0
  surreal film noir
  
  A shoestring budget and unknown cast somehow combine to produce something special here.
  
  The direction was excellent, creating a dark and gritty ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 217624
- - Daniel Aston
  - leeds
  - 12 Mar 2006 at 10:36
- - 0
  - 0
  O.T.T. and highly implausible rubbish.
  
  This is rubbish. Not even worth a star. When I think of all the great 40's films that you don't stock... Why keep this ???
  
  Am very ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 265751
- - Ellen Stevenson
  - Dumfries.
  - 19 Jul 2006 at 11:47
- - 0
  - 0
  a hitch hikers guide to bad luck
  
  a story is told in flashback to explain why a drifter is as grumpy as he is and so starts the reason for his hitch-hike across the US. He ends up under the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 463910
- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 06 Aug 2007 at 20:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Urban misery
  
  Very much in the 40s-50s film noir tradition (stark lighting, ever-present stress, comic book dialogue in harsh accents) which happens to be a favoured genre of... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1035071
- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Aug 2011 at 12:14
- - 3
  - 9
  good film ruined by quality of dvd transfer
  
  i really like this film. the main character is really an anti-hero, the female lead is a vicious harpy, it has a cheap and tacky look, yet it is compelling. the... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 158945
- - DJM
  - Staffs
  - 10 Oct 2005 at 09:00

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