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Detour

Chance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail.

Director

Edgar G. Ulmer

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

Box Office

$16,172

Production

PRC

Awards

1 nomination

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Al Roberts

Vera

Sue Harvey

Charles Haskell Jr

Edmund MacDonald

Nevada Diner Proprietor

Diner Waitress

Joe

Used Car Salesman

Cop

Connie - Tony's Wife

Tony - Used-Car Lot Mechanic Inspecting Car

Nightclub Patron

California Border Patrolman

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Al Roberts Vera Charles Haskell Jr.

Well, here we are.
I turn down here at the next block. - Detour

Well, here we are. I turn down here at the next block.

Let's have something quieter this time, Joe. - Detour

Let's have something quieter this time, Joe.

Hey, turn that off. Will ya turn that thing off? - Detour

Hey, turn that off. Will ya turn that thing off?

It wasn't much of a club - Detour

It wasn't much of a club

Mr. Patterewsky, I presume? It's beautiful. - Detour

Mr. Patterewsky, I presume? It's beautiful.

Say, Roberts. - Detour

So when this drunk handed me
a ten-spot after a request, - Detour

So when this drunk handed me a ten-spot after a request,

So when this drunk handed me a ten spot after a request - Detour

So when this drunk handed me a ten spot after a request

Long distance. - Detour

The only way I could
cross country was to thumb rides, - Detour

The only way I could cross country was to thumb rides,

You know what that is - Detour

You know what that is

Ever done any hitchhiking - Detour

Ever done any hitchhiking

Thumbing rides may save you bus fare,
but it's dangerous. - Detour

Thumbing rides may save you bus fare, but it's dangerou...

I guess at least an hour passed before I noticed - Detour

I guess at least an hour passed before I noticed

I was tussling with the most dangerous animal in the world a woman - Detour

I was tussling with the most dangerous animal in the world ...

After all what kind of dames thumb rides - Detour

After all what kind of dames thumb rides

The check there, sister? - Detour

The check there, sister?

Mr. Haskell. - Detour

Al narrating Until then I'd done things my way - Detour

Al narrating Until then I'd done things my way

Hey, you. This your car? - Detour

Hey, you. This your car?

I left nothing in the car
that'd give me away as Roberts. - Detour

I left nothing in the car that'd give me away as Robert...

As I drove off - Detour

I couldn't drive any farther without some sleep. - Detour

I couldn't drive any farther without some sleep.

I was dead tired - Detour

I was dead tired

No. - Detour

Mr. Haskell, you can't die. - Detour

Mr. Haskell, you can't die.

Who's there? - Detour

There was no time to lose. - Detour

There was no time to lose.

Near the airport at Desert Center,
I pulled up for water. - Detour

Near the airport at Desert Center, I pulled up for water.

How far YOU goin' - Detour

How far YOU goin'

You look just like a Phoenix girl - Detour

You look just like a Phoenix girl

Whichever way you turn - Detour

Whichever way you turn

Who do you think you're talking to a hick - Detour

Who do you think you're talking to a hick

He was a piece of cheese - Detour

He was a piece of cheese

But if you act wise well mister - Detour

But if you act wise well mister

I'd hate to see a fella as young as you wind up sniffing that perfume - Detour

I'd hate to see a fella as young as you wind up...

I thought for a moment you were gonna take it all - Detour

I thought for a moment you were gonna take it all

- Home, sweet home.
- Yeah. - Detour

- Home, sweet home. - Yeah.

In case there's any doubt in your mind,
I'll take the bedroom. - Detour

In case there's any doubt in your mind, I'll take ...

- Keep the window shut.
- Okay. - Detour

- Keep the window shut. - Okay.

You know how to work it? - Detour

You know how to work it?

You know how to work it - Detour

You know how to work it

I'm first in the bathtub. - Detour

I'm first in the bathtub.

Sure feels good to be clean again - Detour

Sure feels good to be clean again

We're outta liquor Roberts Yeah - Detour

We're outta liquor Roberts Yeah

Life's like a ball game - Detour

Life's like a ball game

Good night, Roberts. - Detour

Good night, Roberts.

CRestview... - Detour

But Vera unfortunately was just as rotten in the morning - Detour

But Vera unfortunately was just as rotten in the morning

Shut up You're making noises like a husband - Detour

Shut up You're making noises like a husband

Do I rate a whistle - Detour

Do I rate a whistle

Good afternoon. What can I do for you? - Detour

Good afternoon. What can I do for you?

Well, maybe 1,850. - Detour

Well, maybe 1,850.

While the mechanic inspected the car, we haggled. - Detour

While the mechanic inspected the car, we haggled.

You got me out of a tight spot, Vera,
but I still don't understand all this. - Detour

You got me out of a tight spot, Vera, but I still don't...

- Hello. May I take your order?
- Make mine a ham sandwich and coffee. - Detour

- Hello. May I take your order? - Make mine a ham sandwich a...

- No.
- Yes. - Detour

He got his for being greedy - Detour

He got his for being greedy

I'm tired of this game Let's have some blackjack - Detour

I'm tired of this game Let's have some blackjack

You're no gentleman - Detour

You're no gentleman

Or some mysterious force - Detour

Or some mysterious force

Al narrating The world is full of skeptics - Detour

Al narrating The world is full of skeptics

But my problems weren't solved. - Detour

But my problems weren't solved.

I was in Bakersfield before I read that Vera's body was discovered - Detour

I was in Bakersfield before I read that Vera's body was...

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Chance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer

Writer: Martin Goldsmith, Martin Mooney

Production: PRC

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1945

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $16,172

Released: 25 Jan 1946

Awards: 1 nomination

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