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Detour

1945 · 68 min

A grim, fatalistic plunge into bad luck and worse choices, told with bitter voiceover and a suffocating sense of doom.

Tagline
He went searching for love… but fate forced a DETOUR to revelry… violence… mystery!
Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • crime
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by
Martin Goldsmith
Starring
Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason, Don Brodie
Music
Leo Erdody
Cinematography
Benjamin H. Kline
Runtime
68 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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