Detour (1945) [Film Noir] [Drama]

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: goo.gl/0qDmXe | Piano player Al (Tom Neal) is bitter about having to work in a New York nightclub. After his girlfriend Sue (Claudia Drake) leaves to seek fame in Hollywood, he decides to join her. With little money, he has to hitchhike his way across the country. In Arizona, bookie Charles Haskell Jr. (Edmund MacDonald) gives him a ride in his convertible. Haskell has Al pass him pills several times along the way. That night, Al is driving while Haskell sleeps, when a rainstorm forces Al to pull over to put up the top. Unable to rouse Haskell, Al opens the passenger-side door. Haskell falls out and strikes his head on the ground. Al then realizes the bookie is dead. Fearful that the police will believe he killed Haskell, Al dumps the body off the side of the road, takes Haskell's money, clothes and identification, then drives away. After spending the night in a motel, Al picks up another hitchhiker, Vera (Ann Savage), at a gas station. By sheer bad luck, it turns out that the femme fatale had also been picked up by Haskell earlier. She scratched him deeply in the arm and got out after he tried to become too friendly. When Al identifies himself as Haskell, she blackmails him by threatening to turn him in.
    In Hollywood, they rent an apartment, posing as Mr. and Mrs. Haskell to provide an address when they go to sell the car. However, Vera learns from a newspaper that Haskell's wealthy father is near death and looking for his son, who ran away as a youth after accidentally injuring his friend. Vera demands that Al impersonate Haskell, but Al balks at this notion, pointing out that he knows nothing about the dead man. Back in the apartment, Vera gets drunk, and they begin arguing. She threatens to call the police, running into the bedroom with the telephone and locking the door. She falls into a stupor on the bed, with the telephone cord tangled around her neck. Al tries to break the cord. Then, when he breaks down the door, he sees that he has accidentally strangled her. He goes hitchhiking again, but is picked up by the police.
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    Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, produced by Leon Fromkess, written by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney, starring Tom Neal as Al Roberts, Ann Savage as Vera, Claudia Drake as Sue Harvey, Edmund MacDonald as Charles Haskell Jr, Tim Ryan as Nevada Diner Proprietor, Esther Howard as Holly, Diner Waitress, Pat Gleason as Joe, Trucker at Diner and Don Brodie as the Used Car Salesman.
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    Source: "Detour" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 4 January 2013. Web. 07 April 2013. en.wikipedia.or....
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  • @TimelessClassicMovie
    @TimelessClassicMovie  7 років тому +123

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    • @andiarrohnds5163
      @andiarrohnds5163 7 років тому +6

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    • @ericburke5035
      @ericburke5035 7 років тому +4

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    • @staciajackson3430
      @staciajackson3430 6 років тому +3

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    • @lauriedavis400
      @lauriedavis400 6 років тому +2

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    • @randyacuna3248
      @randyacuna3248 6 років тому +1

      saphiffer talbert can't ever go wrong with either bette or joan . To be fair so many great actresses but, they are the head of the class in my view.

  • @wewhofly
    @wewhofly Рік тому +26

    I didn't expect it. When Ann Savage gets in the car and broods for a while. Yeah, a quality twist when it came. I wasn't expecting such energy and bite in the dialogue she dishes.
    The film itself is okay. Suffers in the end from a budget demanding a rushed ending. But yes, Ann Savage's Vera is worth the watch. One of the most unique femme fatale portraits. They usually try to disguise the beast. This one can't control it..

    • @dennisgallagher
      @dennisgallagher 6 місяців тому +2

      The ending was demanded by the Breen Committee regulating morality in films at the time (although surely rushed as well.)

    • @sheilamacdougal4874
      @sheilamacdougal4874 10 днів тому

      A tribute to her acting skill is that when you watch interviews with her (some on yt), she's the sweetest loveliest woman. Not unlike the contrast between Margaret Hamilton and the WWW.

  • @darrellphilip3295
    @darrellphilip3295 5 років тому +63

    This film gets better with every viewing. It is a hidden treasure.

  • @billshelly4200
    @billshelly4200 7 років тому +148

    I remember reading about the myth and legend about "Detour"; the miniscule budget, the minimal number of sets, etc. 30 plus years ago. After seeing it, and countless other noirs over the years, I still hunger for more. Thanks for the great post.

    • @larissadoyle7427
      @larissadoyle7427 5 років тому +4

      DITTO!

    • @zabglobalcinema4010
      @zabglobalcinema4010 4 роки тому

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    • @machfiver753
      @machfiver753 4 роки тому +10

      The big sleep us my favorite movie. I don't mind if you don't like my manners I don't much like them myself I grieve over them on long winter evenings. I don't mind you ritzing me or you drinking your lunch out of a bottle .... Is indelibly etched into my mind I haven't heard that scene for a few years but could write it out without even pausing to think

    • @machfiver753
      @machfiver753 4 роки тому

      @@zabglobalcinema4010 ok give me a link and I'll look into it's legitimacy and will go from there.

  • @coelhocointech9841
    @coelhocointech9841 Рік тому +39

    This is probably one of the best female performances I’ve ever seen. What an amazing actress

    • @eliseh.7474
      @eliseh.7474 2 місяці тому +1

      She was one of Marlon Brando's favorite actresses. Her sassy, tragic performance here is perfection.

  • @jayhockley8841
    @jayhockley8841 4 роки тому +48

    As a Musician and former long Distance Hitchhiker , I can really relate to this Movie .
    Traveling the Road , alone , makes You vulnerable to some crazy stuff .

    • @peterzang
      @peterzang Рік тому +3

      Remind me never to pick you up

    • @jayhockley8841
      @jayhockley8841 Рік тому +8

      @@peterzang Consider Yourself Reminded because Its the Ones that gave Me a ride that were the 🤪 Crazy ones .

    • @julianmonterola
      @julianmonterola 4 місяці тому

      who cares... shut up!

    • @jamesbueker11
      @jamesbueker11 2 місяці тому +1

      I also hitchhiked extensively. Sometimes, just for entertainment, I would dream up a new personal history just to test the drivers reaction. Nothing insidious or threatening just an exercise in curiosity

    • @jayhockley8841
      @jayhockley8841 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jamesbueker11 That sounds interesting .
      But I believe , that the World has changed and Those Hitchhiking Days are Gone
      forever .

  • @steveweinstein3222
    @steveweinstein3222 5 років тому +162

    In the future, when people talk about the quintessential film noir, it'll be this film. This is noir stripped away of everything but the essential elements, presented as starkly as possible. A true masterpiece.

    • @tantamount4341
      @tantamount4341 5 років тому +7

      Steve.....true

    • @ututura
      @ututura 4 роки тому +6

      to the point

    • @photohum
      @photohum 4 роки тому +6

      Love this film!

    • @davidpirkola1547
      @davidpirkola1547 4 роки тому +8

      I love this superb film also. My pinnacle of film noir is THE BIG SLEEP, but I respect yours.

    • @thankthelord4536
      @thankthelord4536 4 роки тому +7

      @@davidpirkola1547 mine is the Postman always ring twice.

  • @lacyjags9594
    @lacyjags9594 6 років тому +190

    The purest film noir in cinema history. This movie represents the beating heart of noir, which if you put in a pot and boiled it down to it's essence, you would be left with Detour. A masterpiece, pure and simple.

    • @stebunn
      @stebunn 5 років тому +7

      So true!

    • @jenisbetzke6228
      @jenisbetzke6228 5 років тому +8

      Have you seen a second movie in your life?

    • @shea5702
      @shea5702 5 років тому +3

      I love how you phrased that.

    • @tantamount4341
      @tantamount4341 5 років тому +1

      Lacy..... totally agree

    • @tantamount4341
      @tantamount4341 5 років тому +9

      @@jenisbetzke6228 I've seen hundreds of films on two continents and this little gem still stands out

  • @michaelburr8780
    @michaelburr8780 Місяць тому +1

    Film was widely exclaimed as one of the best noir films ever made, and its hard to think of a better one.
    Great story; acting superb and fast paced direction
    True Classic that you may never have seen !

  • @seanconlon2408
    @seanconlon2408 5 років тому +26

    I was fortunate to see Ann Savage introduce this film at a screening in the early 2000's. She said playing Vera had been easy because she LOATHED Tom Neal

    • @WCaron23001
      @WCaron23001 4 роки тому +2

      Lol, she is great in this film. How cool you got to see her.

    • @jefferygoodman9928
      @jefferygoodman9928 4 роки тому +2

      @Sean Conlon: Did she go into any more detail on why?

    • @seanconlon2408
      @seanconlon2408 4 роки тому +12

      @@jefferygoodman9928 She thought he was boorish and conceited. She also said that she left Columbia at the end of her contract in part so that she wouldn't have to work with Neal anymore. When PRC cast Neal for Detour, she was not happy. But it probably fueled her greatest screen performance.

    • @polara01
      @polara01 4 роки тому +4

      @@seanconlon2408 great insight! Fascinating situation sort of a mixed blessing I guess for her... she probably had a thing for him and maybe he just rejected her and she never got over it. Otherwise why would she talk like that about him that sounds just like somebody who was basically rejected which is really sad if that is the case or was the case. I'm now more interested in the backstory than than the actual movie LOL thanks again, Bob M.

    • @seanconlon2408
      @seanconlon2408 4 роки тому +9

      @@polara01 I doubt there was any attraction there at all. She was just sick and tired of the guy after working on 3 pictures with him (Detour was their fourth.) Given Neal's later history, it seems he was not the nicest guy.

  • @ellingtonhilligas
    @ellingtonhilligas 6 років тому +45

    Ann Savage might be the best thing in this movie. I can almost taste her rage as it oozes out.

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 4 роки тому +4

      DON'T WANT TO TASTE THAT.
      VERA WAS VERY HARD CORE.

    • @EYE_GOTCHA
      @EYE_GOTCHA 4 роки тому +2

      autumn t. allgood
      Why were you SHOUTING, autumn? 🙉

    • @subelildirty491
      @subelildirty491 2 роки тому

      @@EYE_GOTCHA 🤣🤣

  • @SidewinderFang
    @SidewinderFang 8 років тому +146

    "That's life; whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you".

    • @tonytafoya6217
      @tonytafoya6217 4 роки тому

      Is this yours?

    • @machfiver753
      @machfiver753 4 роки тому +2

      So you do the right thing and leave his naked ass body 20ft from the road. Don't worry termata mommas going to school you good heres some perffume for when you reach the arizona state pen. What in the ever fucking fuck 1950's I believed granny when she said the 50's were idyllic and how things only went to shit recently. Apparently besides being crazy fucked up they had the best slang I've ever heard in my life its like listening to someone speak another language and learn wtf they're saying to each other including the subtleties and I prolly have a fair bit of it wrong. I an so happy to have found this im def going to have to watch it again.

    • @thebuschamashow
      @thebuschamashow 2 роки тому +1

      @@tonytafoya6217 It's in the movie .36.5. Martin Goldsmith

    • @stephaniehudson2883
      @stephaniehudson2883 9 місяців тому +1

      Noir in a nutshell

  • @ungertron
    @ungertron 6 років тому +9

    Tom Neal looks like Kurt Russell at times. Using skepticism & reason, you can be innocent even when, beyond a reasonable doubt you are judged guilty. Good movie thanks for posting it.

  • @misterbojangles6205
    @misterbojangles6205 5 років тому +79

    A conscious, living, nightmare. This was some kind of writer. Compare this to the garbage plots that are concocted these days. Bravo!

  • @roshansubah2646
    @roshansubah2646 6 років тому +92

    old days when movies based on great writer's stories.

  • @mhlee9348
    @mhlee9348 9 років тому +49

    "Yeah, fate or some mysterious force can put the the finger on you or me for no good reason at all." What a closing line!

    • @jensmuell
      @jensmuell 9 років тому +8

      +M H Lee Yeah, and what an eerie foretelling of Neal's own fate...

  • @scotgat
    @scotgat 7 років тому +43

    4:06 The texture on the coffee cup, the chiaroscuro; fantastic!

  • @james5460
    @james5460 4 роки тому +9

    He walks by a sign that says "Danger" right before the conclusion. This film is pure gold.

  • @sheilamacdougal9948
    @sheilamacdougal9948 4 роки тому +45

    To fully appreciate the acting brilliance of Ann Savage, search interviews with her, where she reveals herself to be a remarkably sweet, sophisticated, charming person in real life. Her last scene is especially well-played. She is drunk, but the drunkeness brings out her vicious vindictive nature even more.

    • @carolecarle7921
      @carolecarle7921 3 роки тому

      Found an interview...thanks for the prompt Sheila Macdougal! ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=interview+with+actress+anne+savage

    • @Jimmy1982Playlists
      @Jimmy1982Playlists Рік тому +4

      The most searing, no-holds-barred film fatale of all time!

    • @michaelstearnes1526
      @michaelstearnes1526 Рік тому

      ​@@Jimmy1982PlaylistsShe reminds me of a couple of blind dates that I've been on.

    • @gordonely3591
      @gordonely3591 6 місяців тому

      Ho ho ho 😂​@@michaelstearnes1526

  • @vecterpls
    @vecterpls 2 роки тому +16

    Just finished seeing it for the first time, a true masterpiece that'll live on forever, I really didn't know if was more blown away by Ann Savage's classic beauty or her cutting and vicious performance.

  • @johnpharms8943
    @johnpharms8943 5 років тому +46

    I'm 67 years old and I do not remember ever watching this movie. GREAT MOVIE!!!!!

    • @michaelwilliams1747
      @michaelwilliams1747 4 роки тому +4

      I'm 67 too. Haven't seen it before either. I'm waiting to see what the fuss was all about.

    • @dannysunwantedopinions
      @dannysunwantedopinions 3 роки тому +3

      I’m 48 and I hope both you guys are doing well.😊

    • @blex5579
      @blex5579 3 роки тому

      i have one word for you:
      CERN.

    • @luciusvanini4759
      @luciusvanini4759 2 роки тому

      Had never heard of it, and fancy myself a cinema buff!

    • @fernandostefens5893
      @fernandostefens5893 Рік тому +1

      Assisti pela primeira vez, há 10 anos.
      Assisti várias vezes desde então...
      Delicioso filme!

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey 5 років тому +38

    The hands close ups at the piano were those of the films composer Leo Erdödy. He was playing a Brahms piece. I cant find out who played all the boogy woogy improvisations. Those bad ass rolling bass lines were hot.

    • @barneyronnie
      @barneyronnie 10 місяців тому +2

      Thank you - I was wondering about that.

  • @stephenpitkin5492
    @stephenpitkin5492 2 місяці тому +1

    I just love it when a film that's not a musical makes good use of a song - a song that's both an object in the plot and also which fades humbly into the background to carry the mood. You've got that tune in The Lady Vanishes and in the remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much, and this one, where the disbelief in the lyrics cuts two ways, from veiled hope to unapologetic despair. Sensational! Anybody got some other favorite examples?

    • @stephenpitkin5492
      @stephenpitkin5492 2 місяці тому

      Just rememebered that Bringing Up Baby is another, with I Can't Give You Anything But Love.

  • @sheilamacdougal9948
    @sheilamacdougal9948 4 роки тому +11

    The plot takes off from an implausible premise. He could have just driven to the next truck stop, called the police, and related what happened. He wouldn't be suspected of robbery if he refrained from taking the guy's money. So there would be no motive, and the guy had a health condition. Then he offers a hitchhiker a ride while driving a dead man's car he had stolen? At the very least that would be asking for trouble.

  • @fredsalfa
    @fredsalfa 8 років тому +51

    One of the Best Movies of All Time

  • @fuzzyburnette7161
    @fuzzyburnette7161 7 років тому +192

    This proves you don't needa billion dollar budget & superstars tomakea good flick. Goodscript, direction & solid actors are more important. Classic filmnoir.

    • @yvetteperkins2513
      @yvetteperkins2513 5 років тому +4

      Right!!!👍

    • @johnfrank2114
      @johnfrank2114 4 роки тому +5

      Back then those actors were getting about $4000 a week! That even good money today. I wish I was making that much now!

    • @daisywomack7587
      @daisywomack7587 4 роки тому

      @A Tangerine Predictable but only in the sense whatever decisions the chacacters made could never turn out for their good...that's film noir--the one plus of having time on my hands--watching these great old films

    • @RoddyTullenz
      @RoddyTullenz 4 роки тому

      Tomakea? Sounds like a dried up lake.

    • @zabglobalcinema4010
      @zabglobalcinema4010 4 роки тому

      !'^+%&/()=?_?=)(/&%+^'You are invited to our film company. We broadcast subtitles for our movies in most languages. It doesn't matter what language you know.
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  • @sonofliberty6915
    @sonofliberty6915 Рік тому +4

    You know a movie is good when it brings serenity...

    • @sunshineandwarmth
      @sunshineandwarmth Рік тому

      Love that guy's voice and the general sound of these films.

  • @LANED123
    @LANED123 5 років тому +62

    "Hey glamorous. Give me change for a dime, will ya?"

  • @jimblue39
    @jimblue39 8 років тому +18

    Poor guy has worst luck than me! Thank you for uploading these movies, I love Noir flicks.

    • @larryrobertson2150
      @larryrobertson2150 3 роки тому +3

      That and a couple of wrong decisions.

    • @michaelmakinney20
      @michaelmakinney20 3 роки тому +2

      @@larryrobertson2150 ya think?
      😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @Rhiaanon
    @Rhiaanon 7 років тому +10

    I love golden age of hollywood flicks..especially fim noir! Thanks for this upload and I have subscribed!

  • @thefetede
    @thefetede 10 років тому +54

    37:00 this banter is as sweet as any in any movie anywhere or anytime. "what did u do kiss him with a wrench"

  • @darrellphilip3295
    @darrellphilip3295 6 років тому +16

    It was dull until Vera came on -- then it caught fire! Ann Savage is awesome! What a character!

  • @katiezee2
    @katiezee2 6 років тому +111

    that guy needed change for a dime to play the jukebox...how things have changed...

    • @TomLongusa
      @TomLongusa 5 років тому +16

      The purchasing power of our dollar has dropped around 97% since around 1916-17...so it isn't that everything has just become more expensive. It's actually that our dollar now buys so much less.

    • @mp01juve
      @mp01juve 5 років тому +1

      Now hed just stream the song from Spotify.

    • @sranney1
      @sranney1 5 років тому

      No jutebox

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 4 роки тому

      YES INDEED.

    • @taylorj6177
      @taylorj6177 4 роки тому +3

      @@TomLongusa Precisely. Nonetheless, he said a jukebox buy was a Nickel... Which, comparatively speaking, is still pretty steep for back then!! I'd say close to maybe a couple bucks at least today??

  • @eddieboggs8306
    @eddieboggs8306 5 років тому +7

    Saw this one night about 11:30 on TV. Later found and bought it on video. It's like the snowball effect.
    Gets steadily worse as it goes on.
    Another good one is, Scarlett Street , with Edward G. Robinson. Loved both of these movies. One of a kind not same ole figure it out
    befor it's half over.

    • @ryanpeterson8668
      @ryanpeterson8668 3 роки тому +2

      Totally agree..was checking Scarlett Street today

  • @lynnpurcell7583
    @lynnpurcell7583 7 років тому +14

    I liked Vera. She was the perfect 1950's female character. Very good movie. Thanks for posting it.

    • @jenisbetzke6228
      @jenisbetzke6228 5 років тому

      yeah, she was quite ahead of her times...

  • @dougcase7545
    @dougcase7545 2 роки тому +7

    Wow, Ann Savage is a savage in this role. That Vera is one scary character.

  • @anitarichmond8930
    @anitarichmond8930 6 років тому +104

    I love this flick, Vera was one of the most hard-boiled dames you'd ever have the misfortune of running into 🍿

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 4 роки тому +3

      TELL ME ABOUT IT.

    • @zxtenn
      @zxtenn 4 роки тому +7

      She looked hot after a warm bath and some nice clothes but I agree he should have never offered her a ride, poor guy had the worst luck

    • @zabglobalcinema4010
      @zabglobalcinema4010 4 роки тому

      !'^+%&/()=?_?=)(/&%+^'You are invited to our film company. We broadcast subtitles for our movies in most languages. It doesn't matter what language you know.
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    • @machfiver753
      @machfiver753 4 роки тому +3

      She's Savage sin city would shit its pants if she showed up.

    • @tacticalsweater5119
      @tacticalsweater5119 4 роки тому +3

      @@zxtenn she needed a good ride but not the kind he gave her.😂

  • @jackstraw262
    @jackstraw262 4 роки тому +63

    Back when life was about killing time between newspaper editions by playing cards.

    • @lemonmazter7831
      @lemonmazter7831 2 роки тому +4

      It’s nice to be nostalgic but we often take for granted what our elders had to endure.

    • @michaelkulman7095
      @michaelkulman7095 11 місяців тому +1

      They should have bought a radio.

    • @happilyretired
      @happilyretired 7 місяців тому +1

      Very well said.

    • @TheMockatiel
      @TheMockatiel 5 місяців тому

      @@lemonmazter7831THIS.

  • @badbabybear1
    @badbabybear1 6 років тому +69

    A dark and pessimistic movie about a down-on-his-luck everyman caught up in a twisted tale of murder and dangerous romance. I love the sexually charged banter and moody lighting. A great film noir.

    • @jenisbetzke6228
      @jenisbetzke6228 5 років тому +4

      Hey there, watch "the scar" and "the lady in the window", you'll love them then.

    • @johnfrank2114
      @johnfrank2114 4 роки тому +1

      @49jubilee Yeah give them hell buddy!

    • @tonytafoya6217
      @tonytafoya6217 4 роки тому +1

      NOIR!

  • @pauldrake1858
    @pauldrake1858 8 років тому +14

    Thanks, this was a brilliant movie, true to Film Noir.

  • @MrKelo29
    @MrKelo29 9 років тому +63

    This film has its moments, the tacked on ending was to satisfy the Hayes office. No murderer could go unpunished. Still, with the snappy dialogue and a femme-fatale from hell, who dies in an almost three stooges sorta way, I liked it. Ann Savage kills it as the fast talking Lil' hustler Vera.

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 4 роки тому +2

      THAT SHE WAS.

    • @luciusvanini4759
      @luciusvanini4759 2 роки тому

      NO: the Hays (actual spelling) Ofce. ending didn't reduce DETOUR's Noir greatness at all, because, remember, he was NOT a murderer.

    • @roberthill799
      @roberthill799 Рік тому

      Nevertheless, the Hays Office was a horrible and repressive group of uptight, self-righteous Jesus freaks who stained our film history and made movies much less interesting than they could have been.

  • @sylviadavila4904
    @sylviadavila4904 4 роки тому +13

    Dialogue like this is what's missing in today's films. If only they'd focus on their scripts instead of special effects.

  • @dianablue565
    @dianablue565 8 років тому +224

    There are some great old movies on youtube.

    • @billybob9961
      @billybob9961 7 років тому +3

      Diana Blue yes there is

    • @MarkBaconwriter
      @MarkBaconwriter 5 років тому +4

      And this isn't one of them.

    • @jenisbetzke6228
      @jenisbetzke6228 5 років тому +3

      unlike this one.

    • @michaelvitale4029
      @michaelvitale4029 4 роки тому +2

      Diana Blue yes there are. Been watching Sherlock Holmes movies. There’s just something nostalgicly cool about b&w movies

    • @wbbils7052
      @wbbils7052 4 роки тому +1

      Diana Blue. Yes, but there are also a LOT of stinkers.

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey 9 років тому +15

    The Underground Man goes to Las Vegas! What a story! Anne Savage (as Vera) pays the role to a tee--with a certain savageness! Really a great flick!

    • @jenisbetzke6228
      @jenisbetzke6228 5 років тому

      Las Vegas? Where do you come from?

    • @michaelmakinney20
      @michaelmakinney20 3 роки тому

      Las Vegas didn’t even exist at the time
      😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @TommyChardonneret
    @TommyChardonneret 9 років тому +10

    WOW! What a convertible! Is that a Lincoln? Seems like all trademark traces have been removed for the film's on-the-cheap producers, but that's one fine classic old auto indeed! And what a handsome guy, that Tom Neal! Man alive, after a google search, it seems that his previous-to-acting stint as a boxer plagued him Mike Tyson style, with him eventually being arrested for assault and battery and then later being convicted of manslaughter! Geez, some people just don't know how good their future will be and do all they can to self-destruct. Really sad that he died of an apparent heart attack at only age 58, and as an ex-con gardener in Palm Springs. Hollywood has a million sad stories of lives all too short lived.

    • @billding7073
      @billding7073 8 років тому +1

      "46 Lincoln Continental. Probably Pace Car Yellow code 14146. One of the most popular colors for that model.

    • @TommyChardonneret
      @TommyChardonneret 8 років тому +2

      bill ding
      Thanks so much for the details about that Lincoln. What a way to celebrate the USA helping to end World War Two! Well, not all war everywhere at the time, as world history well knows, but geez what a car nonetheless!

    • @madacyb5285
      @madacyb5285 7 років тому +6

      Actually that is a 1941 Lincoln Continental, you can distinguish by the grill..........this movie came out in 1945, no new civilian cars were built since early '42 because of the war effort, and the 1946 models were still to be released, pretty much just warmed over pre-war models....the '46 looks about the same as a '41 with just grill and tail light changes.........

  • @_Peremalfait
    @_Peremalfait 6 років тому +72

    It happened for "no good reason at all," except that he dragged the guy's body into a ditch, took his wallet and his car and pretended to be him. In the voice over, Al tries very hard to justify his actions. After all, what choice did he have in the matter? But the excuses fall flat. For me that is film noir: not that it happened for no good reason, but because an otherwise honest guy crossed a line that there was no turning back from.

    • @christianelder4983
      @christianelder4983 6 років тому +6

      Peremalfait Too bad he didn't find a Gideon's Bible in that motel room, then he might have discovered the best way out of that mess.

    • @tylerjamesr1
      @tylerjamesr1 2 роки тому +7

      Lol right. He blamed “fate” and pretended he was just a victim of bad luck but we see through his nonsense. His series of choices one after another led to his downfall.

    • @luisfelipesauvalle5807
      @luisfelipesauvalle5807 2 роки тому +1

      He could have driven the dead man's car up to California, and pretend he didn't find out the dude was dead. In regards with the post-mortem hit in the head, he could have come out with some bulshit excuse, it was post-mortem after all

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 роки тому +4

      @@luisfelipesauvalle5807 The man was dead when he was hit in the head so there was no blood flowing around his body so there would not be a bruise or blood flowing from an open wound. In a post mortem they would detect that the blow had occurred after the mans death. So if he played it straight and went to the hospital or a doctor he probably would have been cleared of any blame, but then we wouldn't have had this movie.

    • @golds04
      @golds04 5 місяців тому +1

      Or call Car-shield- they fix broken stuff in s jiffy!

  • @paulbuerton8143
    @paulbuerton8143 10 місяців тому +2

    Saw this on Cheap DVD years ago. I was so intrigued by this style of movie after this. 10/10

  • @wbbils7052
    @wbbils7052 4 роки тому +7

    Ended like a grade school story. Johnny woke up and it was all a bad dream. What a pantload of an ending. In real life L.A. of 1945, the guy runs the car over a cliff on Mulholland Drive, hitchhikes back into town, calls up his sweetie with a pocketful of cash and disappears into the city to join the Musicians Union and tinkle the ivories for some big band..

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 4 роки тому +2

      Maybe gets jobs playing music for film soundtracks.

    • @wbbils7052
      @wbbils7052 4 роки тому

      @@emjayay To quote John Wayne in "The Alamo": "It do look likely."

  • @lcopywriter5102
    @lcopywriter5102 3 роки тому +39

    The chaotic life of Tom Neal, his insane affair with the tragic and beautiful film noir star Barbara Payton; his near-fatal fistfight with Franchot Tone are even more riveting than the film. Unbelievable how life imitates art.

    • @bettymiller1929
      @bettymiller1929 3 роки тому +13

      Not to mention that he did kill his wife Gale

    • @denisenoe7746
      @denisenoe7746 2 роки тому +3

      Yes, life tripped him and he fell -- hard.

    • @denisenoe3702
      @denisenoe3702 Рік тому +2

      I wrote an essay on "Detour" that was published.

  • @Msladybugslayer
    @Msladybugslayer 5 років тому +10

    Great classic, a good lesson too... just be honest and face the music. Also illustrates how every choice and event can change everything

    • @tantamount4341
      @tantamount4341 5 років тому +2

      Good analysis

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 роки тому

      Correct, we can choose an upward spiral or a downward spiral.

  • @Michelle-je9jk
    @Michelle-je9jk 7 років тому +3

    Thanks for uploading classic movies I really appreciate it

  • @kaptainwarp
    @kaptainwarp 4 роки тому +8

    "and run interference for your girl on the dance floor" WHAT A MAGNIFICENT LINE!

  • @joemonteleonezollo4967
    @joemonteleonezollo4967 7 місяців тому +1

    A Savage feme fatale performance by Ann . She was magnificent . Tom Neal was extremely believable. At the end when the police gave him a lift. What a touch . The fact he got away with it made the movie. Had me from beginning to end. Great movie 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿!

  • @denisenoe7927
    @denisenoe7927 7 років тому +88

    Clarification: In those days, driver's licenses did not have photos.

  • @bobdownes162
    @bobdownes162 7 років тому +26

    Uncanny how Neal resembles Brando at times.
    Ann Savage really Sores in this one !

    • @tonirose6776
      @tonirose6776 3 роки тому +1

      He looks like Dom DeLouise.

    • @bobdownes162
      @bobdownes162 3 роки тому

      @@tonirose6776 And Dom de Louise resembles Rod Steiger somewhat.

    • @michaelmakinney20
      @michaelmakinney20 3 роки тому

      @@bobdownes162 And Rod looks like Johnny Carson, somewhat
      😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @leezhukov9119
    @leezhukov9119 4 роки тому +5

    One of the best noir films ever.

  • @TIOMKIN1
    @TIOMKIN1 5 років тому +1

    Detour a Excellent Film Noir Movie. I really enjoyed it very much. It has a great Cast, Story, Director and music score by ErDody. Excellent Upload. Thanks. Out.

  • @thebereanexaminer7119
    @thebereanexaminer7119 9 років тому +5

    My first film noir. I don't think there are many left that I haven't seen.

  • @Patrick3183
    @Patrick3183 11 років тому +39

    i like how ppl talked shit to each other then and everyone took it and didn't get upset or overreact.

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 4 роки тому +2

      Well, in film noir movies.

    • @JohnPMitten
      @JohnPMitten 4 роки тому +1

      Don't swear

    • @zabglobalcinema4010
      @zabglobalcinema4010 4 роки тому

      !'^+%&/()=?_?=)(/&%+^'You are invited to our film company. We broadcast subtitles for our movies in most languages. It doesn't matter what language you know.
      You are invited to our film company. We broadcast subtitles for our movies in most languages. It doesn't matter what language you know.
      You are invited to our film company. We broadcast subtitles for our movies in most languages. It doesn't matter what language you know.
      !'^+%&/()=?=)(/&%+^%()=??=)(/&%+^^+%&/()=)(/&%+^'+%/()=?)(/&%+^^

    • @machfiver753
      @machfiver753 4 роки тому

      Lol fucking rube doesn't know whats coming do ya rube?

    • @johnhulsker9123
      @johnhulsker9123 4 роки тому

      I am such a product of that, Detroit by way of Rotterdam, two hard hitting towns with no use for posers. Last forty years in California, brother, what a bunch of soft sisters,

  • @MrShobar
    @MrShobar 10 років тому +23

    James Ellroy once said that film noir means, almost by definition, "...that you're eff'd." . He must have said that after viewing this film.
    A great little gem. Many thanks.

  • @brendafarrington6452
    @brendafarrington6452 6 років тому +2

    This just may be the craziest film noir I have watched on youtube--thanks for the upload:)...

  • @rickbrowning7059
    @rickbrowning7059 3 роки тому +4

    I've thoroughly enjoy watching detour every year. I love the song that makes him crazy when the trucker asks of change for a dime to play the jukebox. Awww the good old days. With my social security I would have been rich then. Lmao.

  • @williambutler2477
    @williambutler2477 20 днів тому +1

    It's a great movie. When you are frustrated for the characters it's a great movie.

  • @mickirving6779
    @mickirving6779 4 роки тому +3

    Fantastic!! How could you not love this!!! Poor bloke was doomed from The Start

  • @fernandoparadacastillo5901
    @fernandoparadacastillo5901 Рік тому +1

    Great film. Achieves a lot with just a good story, good acting and a modest budget. Ann Savage was especially captivating. Even though it has aged pretty well, i would find it interesting to see a remake

    • @marcbahn5487
      @marcbahn5487 2 місяці тому

      A remake post-2000 would be mostly special effects, with the plot completely screwed up. A cartoon superhero or two.

  • @marenak3133
    @marenak3133 6 років тому +3

    Thank you for putting great movies in here.😁

  • @rha101
    @rha101 11 місяців тому

    I thought there was too much narration in the first section, but boy, what a gripping tale by the end.

  • @VTMCompany
    @VTMCompany 6 років тому +7

    This is the best print I've seen of this public domain film.

  • @08clickr
    @08clickr 4 роки тому +1

    Classic film noir one of the best of all time.If you haven't seen it treat yourself and enjoy.

  • @jimstokes6742
    @jimstokes6742 7 років тому +25

    That's Artie Shaw's version of I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE LOVE WITH ME that the guy plays in the cafe jukebox in the opening scene.

    • @misterbojangles6205
      @misterbojangles6205 5 років тому +3

      Wasn't he Ava Gardner's first husband?

    • @HerAeolianHarp
      @HerAeolianHarp 5 років тому +1

      Mister Bojangles Maybe not the first, but they were married.

    • @thankthelord4536
      @thankthelord4536 4 роки тому +1

      @@misterbojangles6205 no Mickey Rooney was her first. Artie was her second.

    • @warrenwilson4818
      @warrenwilson4818 4 роки тому +2

      The main music after that is the song "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," popularized by Harry Carroll, Broadway and pop music composer. (Words by someone else.) Tune is originally from Clssical great F. Chopin.

  • @slidejones6033
    @slidejones6033 4 роки тому +2

    Great film. The main character caused two accidents by mistake but his story is unbelievable to anyone if he told it.

  • @michaelspikes8076
    @michaelspikes8076 2 роки тому +3

    One of the best film noir crime movie ever

  • @exxel1701
    @exxel1701 4 роки тому +1

    I'm not really an old movie buff, but I caught this on TCM last night. OMG does Ann Savage live up to her stage name! She makes the film for me. Vera is such a great character. I have to watch more old movies! Wow!!!

  • @thraciangrapes
    @thraciangrapes 2 роки тому +2

    I would have loved to live during this era. I would have had a farm, married to a farmer in the Midwest, preferred Norwegian, and raised 10 children and lots of animals.

  • @markybgoode
    @markybgoode Рік тому +1

    I’ve owned several copies each in bad condition. Even when this has been remastered it still looks foggy. However the remastering on this copy is better than most.
    Thanks for posting the quintessential poverty row film noir.

  • @antidotenyhc6562
    @antidotenyhc6562 9 років тому +41

    Tom Neals real life story is more bizarre than any film noir scriptwriter could've ever conceived.

    • @cristabelle1207
      @cristabelle1207 8 років тому +8

      and Barbara Payton's was even worse than Neal's... I think Babs and Scotty Beckett were the two most tragic male and female figures that ever came out of H-wood

    • @Denisenoe
      @Denisenoe 7 років тому +4

      Have you read John O'Dowd's "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story"?

    • @katiezee2
      @katiezee2 6 років тому +5

      yeah he hooked up with that trainwreck Barbara Payton,.. and so did Franchot Tone.. Tom Neal practically beat him to death in a drunken brawl over Barbara.. yikes

    • @carlosayon2519
      @carlosayon2519 6 років тому +1

      @@katiezee2 yup

  • @Grisostomo06
    @Grisostomo06 Місяць тому

    Some great lines in this gem. "What is a 10 spot? A piece of paper crawling with germs." "Life is a ball game. You gotta take a swing at a few things before you wake up and find out it's a ninth inning."

  • @denisenoe7927
    @denisenoe7927 7 років тому +14

    Tom Neal's life took more than one tragic "detour." To learn more, read "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story" by John O'Dowd. Barbara was part of the reason Neal's film career crashed.

    • @larryrobertson2150
      @larryrobertson2150 3 роки тому

      Life imitating art or vice versa maybe.

    • @gordonely3591
      @gordonely3591 6 місяців тому

      @@denisenoe7927 Barbara Payton was only 39 when she died . Alcoholism is a bitch . Addiction to Nicotine is just as bad 😨

  • @ant7936
    @ant7936 Місяць тому +1

    Very interesting and entertaining.
    Thanks!

  • @franm.k.5832
    @franm.k.5832 5 років тому +6

    Based on Detour the 1939 novel by Martin M. Goldsmith....I love movies based on books.....purr

  • @williebrown7984
    @williebrown7984 4 роки тому +2

    I'm 38yrs old and love film noirs.

  • @albertadriftwood3612
    @albertadriftwood3612 5 років тому +13

    So there's Robert, driving a stolen car wearing a dead man's clothes, oh look, a crazy lady...hop in, where ya going? Good Lord.

    • @Romans8-9
      @Romans8-9 5 років тому +2

      And same lady just happened to have been picked up and dropped off by the dead man on the same journey and arrives where she is ahead of Al.

    • @saathoff1220
      @saathoff1220 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂 true

    • @autumnt.allgood8895
      @autumnt.allgood8895 4 роки тому +1

      I KNEW THE MOMENT I SAW THAT WOMAN STANDIND A FEW FEET FROM THE GAS STATION, THAT WAS THE WOMAN HASKELL PUT OUT OF HIS CAR.
      I WAS YELLING DON'T PICK HER UP.
      I WAS WAITING FOR HER TO SPRING ON HIM WITH A BOAT LOAD OF QUESTIONS.
      BOY DID SHE.
      AND HE WAS SHOCKED TO THE QUICK.
      NEVER PICK UP HITCH HIKERS.
      BUT HE INVITED HER.

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 4 роки тому

      @@Romans8-9 Hey, shit happens.

  • @Leatricaw
    @Leatricaw 6 років тому +1

    I’ll save this for my early Sunday morning movie watching. Thanks for sharing

  • @carlalewis2149
    @carlalewis2149 5 років тому +20

    I love how he pronounces Miami
    Miama lol

    • @machfiver753
      @machfiver753 4 роки тому +3

      I believe that pronouncing it like that will get you an easy 10 stretch up state.

    • @themirrorsofmymind
      @themirrorsofmymind 4 роки тому +2

      This guy sounds like my mother. They both speak English up to a certain point... 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

  • @RickaramaTrama-lc1ys
    @RickaramaTrama-lc1ys 7 років тому

    These old films are a hoot and showed just how simple everything was! Wish we could go back. Thanks for the opportunity to watch them here on You Tube!

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 7 років тому +4

    Arguably the greatest fatalist noir.

    • @luciusvanini4759
      @luciusvanini4759 2 роки тому +1

      OUT OF THE PAST great too. Don't know why I'd never heard of this one till today....

  • @harpgal9950
    @harpgal9950 Рік тому +1

    Great noir. Thanks for posting.

  • @thadtuiol1717
    @thadtuiol1717 5 років тому +4

    man I love these atmospheric old films

  • @3rdFloorblog
    @3rdFloorblog 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the upload of this classic...

  • @gaudycouturist4856
    @gaudycouturist4856 6 років тому +8

    Vera was SCARY ... Enjoyed it!

  • @tubespring
    @tubespring 7 місяців тому +1

    Good story/movie! Scary woman! Thank you.

  • @rickbrowning7059
    @rickbrowning7059 3 роки тому +15

    Proves one thing you don't need million dollar budgets when you have a fabulous writer who isn't afraid to tell it like it was. The greatest generation came back from the horrors of world war2. They wanted to watch a film that didn't sugar coat. The writer knew that and acted accordingly.

  • @Countess88
    @Countess88 Рік тому +2

    Romance, back then, always took place in the midst of cigarette smoke or fog ! 😂

  • @cheriamour1762
    @cheriamour1762 7 років тому +10

    Wow! What an actress that Vera was!

  • @lamanzana22
    @lamanzana22 3 роки тому +9

    This movie is just like I want my coffee: dark and bitter...

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 роки тому

      Chocolate is good when it's like that too.

  • @tonytafoya6217
    @tonytafoya6217 4 роки тому +2

    ... Ever done any hitch hiking?
    You gotta be smart and tough.
    You gotta listen to, and obey that angel in your head when he tells you to pass a ride up, or carefully bail out of one your already in.
    If you don't listen, if you throw caution to the wind, you're gonna live to regret it. If you live at all.

  • @goopah
    @goopah 3 роки тому +2

    This film is known for its low budget of $25,000, which is equivalent to $387,225 in 2022. Which today is also a very low number for any film, even independent films. How did he pay for the actors and make--up, much less the cameras, editing, lighting and everything else? Amazing.

    • @truestory2990
      @truestory2990 2 роки тому +1

      It was more around a $100,000 really, the director routinely embellished how fast and cheap he managed to make it. Still, it's pretty impressive for how much money it made back, and what a stellar reputation it received over the years.

  • @walterzoomie
    @walterzoomie 4 роки тому +8

    The moral of the story is this: Don't be yellah. Don't be a sap. Don't get sore. Don't squeal.

    • @johnwilliams8918
      @johnwilliams8918 9 місяців тому

      And you're no gentleman see? And you're not gonna beat it till tell you you can

  • @reach4thestars67
    @reach4thestars67 7 років тому

    Thank you for uploading this movie.

  • @eyeOOsee
    @eyeOOsee 9 років тому +4

    Good old film. Thank you for posting!!