Product: Detour [VHS] (1945)
Rating: 3.0
A good movie
"Detour" is about a night club piano player who hitchikes his way to California to be with the woman he loves. Along the way a series of unfortunate events happen to him and he becomes trapped in a vicious cycle to cover what has happened. He also has the unfortunate idea to be kind an offer a woman hitchiker a ride. This woman proves to be more trouble than he ever bargained for. So then continues his desperate attempt to cover his tracks and get out of the mess he has gotten himself into. But, to no avail.The film is very well made. Ann Savage is phenomenal in her portrayal of the femme fatale. Tom Neal is excellent about playing a down-on-his-luck man that becomes entagled in a game of cover up. The characters are compelling and the movie is well directed. It is an enjoyable film. It is definately not my favorite movie and, as others have done, will not call it a masterpiece...there is still something a bit comeplling about this movie...the acting. the film is well portrayed. I did not really like the voiceovers throughout the movies, but the acting itself was really good.Although the movie is good, the transfer to DVD or electronic download is horrible. The film skips and the reel shakes (or whatever the term is). I only hope that this movie could be properly restored.