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"Detour" quotes

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

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Writer: Martin Goldsmith, Martin Mooney
Production: N/A
Genre: crime, drama, film-noir
Year: 1945
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: $16,172
Released: 25 Jan 1946
Awards: 1 nomination

24 video clips

Al RobertsVeraCharles Haskell Jr.
You know what that is - Detour 00:21 You know what that is Whichever way you turn - Detour 00:07 Whichever way you turn Or some mysterious force - Detour 00:34 Or some mysterious force I thought for a moment you were gonna take it all - Detour 00:22 I thought for a moment you were gonna take it all How far YOU goin' - Detour 00:42 How far YOU goin' So when this drunk handed me a ten spot after a request - Detour 00:12 So when this drunk handed me a ten spot after a request As I drove off - Detour 00:08 As I drove off You look just like a Phoenix girl - Detour 00:08 You look just like a Phoenix girl Life's like a ball game - Detour 00:11 Life's like a ball game He was a piece of cheese - Detour 00:05 He was a piece of cheese You know how to work it - Detour 00:08 You know how to work it It wasn't much of a club - Detour 00:10 It wasn't much of a club He got his for being greedy - Detour 00:13 He got his for being greedy Ever done any hitchhiking - Detour 00:20 Ever done any hitchhiking I was in Bakersfield before I read that Vera's body was discovered - Detour 00:20 I was in Bakersfield before I read that Vera's body was... I was dead tired - Detour 00:03 I was dead tired I guess at least an hour passed before I noticed - Detour 00:42 I guess at least an hour passed before I noticed But Vera unfortunately was just as rotten in the morning - Detour 00:07 But Vera unfortunately was just as rotten in the morning We're outta liquor Roberts Yeah - Detour 00:14 We're outta liquor Roberts Yeah After all what kind of dames thumb rides - Detour 00:07 After all what kind of dames thumb rides Al narrating Until then I'd done things my way - Detour 00:09 Al narrating Until then I'd done things my way I'm tired of this game Let's have some blackjack - Detour 00:06 I'm tired of this game Let's have some blackjack It was easy to see where Haskell expected - Detour 01:03 It was easy to see where Haskell expected Al narrating The world is full of skeptics - Detour 00:04 Al narrating The world is full of skeptics

Cast

Al Roberts - Tom Neal
Vera - Ann Savage
Sue Harvey - Claudia Drake
Charles Haskell Jr - Edmund MacDonald
Nevada Diner Proprietor - Tim Ryan
All Cast