Detour

About Detour

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour is a 1945 thriller film. At 68 minutes long, it arrived in November 1945.

Tom Neal takes the lead as Al Roberts, Ann Savage as Vera, Claudia Drake as Sue Harvey, and Edmund MacDonald as Charles Haskell Jr.. Written by Martin Goldsmith. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under film noir, road movie, hitchhiker, and male pianist. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Brew.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy make useful companions to Detour. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 431 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.