OUR DESERT PAST: THE TOM NEAL STORY
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Classic movie buffs may remember actor Tom Neal as the star of the film noir classic, Detour, but his anger issues held him back from achieving greater success, leading to his being exiled from Hollywood and then being convicted for the murder of his wife in his Palm Springs home in 1965.
Gino Lamont reports for NBC PALM SPRINGS.
Edited by Steve Sumrall.
Produced by Dan Adams.
Thanks to Al DeChristopher, and David Vanderboegh for their assistance in putting this together.
Neal came from a wealthy background and had a good education but he was a very unpleasant man. He escaped a murder conviction but was jailed for manslaughter in spite of strong evidence against Neal. It’s horrifying that Hollywood people who knew what Neal was capable of, he almost killed actor Franchot Tone, testified in his favour. At least Neal died soon after. Check the story of Paul Kelly who escaped a murder conviction, served two years for manslaughter and had a flourishing film career until his death in 1956
This was a good actor!!! Detour is a gem to watch over and over. The guy and Ann Savage were a perfect match.
It’s shocking that Neal literally got away with murder. Ironically, Neal was not a tough guy who had a bad start in life, he came from a comfortable and fairly privileged background. Tom Neal chose his own life course and others suffered because of it
No, he went to jail for quite a while .
In the desert, you either live forever or die young.
His performance in Detour notwithstanding, he was largely an awful person; selfish, arrogant and cruel.
But he DID possess talent as you see in Detour.
@@denisenoe3702 I think he was average in Detour. Very overrated.
@@jod6cindy I disagree. He was absolutely perfect in playing a beleaguered nice-guy Everyman as Al Roberts. Neal hit every note perfect. That doesn't mean I defend him as a person. His beating Franchot Tone was a terrible crime. The relationship he had with Barbara Payton was very bad for both parties. Although I wouldn't go so far as to say he murdered his wife, I know that he bore responsibility for her death.
Were you there, dear ?
@@denisenoe3702He did murder his wife, Denise. Why won't you "go so far" to say that?
Knocked him out? He beat his face in. He put him in a coma. 🤷♀️. Then Tone needed extensive plastic surgery to try to repair the damage. “The guy he had the fistfight with’. That “guy” didn’t stand a chance.
Lawrence Tierney was his Crazy Drinking and Fighting Buddy ,
get Drunk and beat each other bloody
After watching Detour I think that movie influenced the jury….showing how a guy could look guilty but be innocent
He nearly killed Franchot Tone and he murdered Gail. He was guilty.
Wow 🤔 how life is ... one day you got it and then you don't
barely mention Tone.
Did I hear right, Tone showed up at his trial? I wonder why? Neal sent him to the hospital-in a 2 day coma.
@@kevinbergin9971 maybe to gloat?
I think mentioning Barbara Payton, and Tone would take away from the nice young lady he killed tbh…that is a whole other almost 6 minute video in itself.
@@KellyinMemphisDD214 Do you know which video is this? I'm a huge fan of Franchot Tone.
@@kevinbergin9971 But Tone did in fact survive. Unlike Neal, Tone continued his career. He may have had some interest in the man who harmed him.
he favors Clark Gabel
In your mind, only, perhaps. IMO, all they had in common, at one time, was a mustache.
@@EYE_GOTCHAshe’s talking abt the notorious gangster from Vegas, Clark Gabell.
Clark Gable. Not really.
Such a weird story
Al Dechristopher doesn't seem very bright.
Kevin Bergin Looks to me like he's got more on the ball than Al Roberts.
How so?
I thought that he was bright and articulate (and *you* must be real fun to live with). :)
Clown!