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New York Times - 07/03/1992
"...DETOUR really is some kind of great movie....One of the defining films of the seductive genre the French critics called film noir..."USA Today - 09/29/2000
"...One of the most revered 'B' cheapies..."Hitchhiker Al Roberts is trapped in an ever-tightening net of his own making when the driver who stops to pick him up dies. Fearing he would be accused of murder, he chooses to get rid of the body and to take on the man's identity. He picks up a rider named Vera who sees through his charade and blackmails him into participating in her increasingly criminal schemes. As Roberts spirals downward into trouble, the viewer is taken along for the incredible ride. Shadowy black and white cinematography, a femme fatale, a hard-bitten narrator and questionable morality are just a few of the stunning film noir elements that render this a cinematic treasure.
Low budget director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. It has since inspired countless filmmakers. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives a feeling of a claustrophobic nightmare as Al (Tom Neal) a down-and-out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles in order to be with his singer girlfriend (Claudia Drake).
Fate has other plans for Al when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel (Edmund MacDonald), who promptly dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity, and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker (Ann Savage).
This film is short, cramped and breathtaking, with no pause in its relentless rhythm of despair. Tom Neal's performance as the man snared in a web of fate is raw and real. Ann Savage is fierce. Ulmer's direction is hallucinatory and amazing. From a script by mystery writer Martin Goldsmith, this film demands repeat viewing by any serious student of cinema, or lover of movies.
Action | Cult Film | Essential Cinema | Film Noir | On-The-Road | Recommended | Suspense | Thriller | Vintage
| Starring | Tom Neal & Ann Savage | |
| Directed by | Edgar G. Ulmer | |
| Produced by | Leon Fromkess | |
| Original story by | Martin Goldsmith | |
| Screenplay by | Martin Goldsmith | |
| Cinematography by | Ben Kline | |
| Music by | Leo Erdody |
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True Dark, Noir Masterpiece
Movie Lover: Jeremy Weinstein from Walnut Creek, CA US -- November, 23, 2007
Bleak, fatalistic, and wonderful. A paranoid loser of a piano player hitch-hiking cross-country swaps identities with a man who (in)conveniently dies while giving him a ride and is then himself trapped, when he picks up the dying, vicious hitch-hiker Ann Savage, into a bizarre plot involving that same identity. Great themes, such as taking responsibility for one's actions vs. fate at the hands of an indifferent universe, and the reliability of the narration, with classic film noir.
Ann Savage is well....savage.
Movie Lover: william wiggins from tucson, AZ US -- May, 25, 2005
What a great B movie clasic. Ann Savage is pure evil. I highly recamend to crime drama fans.
Gritty Film Noir
Movie Lover: FilmFlops Critic from Trumbull, CT US -- April, 21, 2004
Told in flashback, this is one stark tale, believe me. The archetypical victim of circumstance, Tom Neal travels from the gutter to the gallows in no time flat, and Ann Savage steers him unfailingly towards personal disaster. Neal's character is only borderline sympathetic---after all, this IS film noir---while Savage's Vera is completely reprehensible. DETOUR is a gritty, grimy tale that defined American film noir.
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