Product: Detour [VHS] (1945)
Rating: 5.0
Classic No-Budget Noir.
Let me preface this review by mentioning that this was filmed in 6 days Yep, that's right. SIX DAYS. The director was also rationeda certain amount of film and was told by the studio that he had to shoot within 15 miles of the studio's headquarters. Despite those limitations, this is a classic 1945 low-budget film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.Though I wouldn't go as far as to call it surreal, the low budget quality and the simplicity of the plot make it almost dream like. It's 67 minutes of pure noir bliss. This is a fatalistic and bleak film that also features one of the bitchiest femme fatales ever: the sexy Ann Savage who plays Vera, a nasty little woman who gives our main character a lot of trouble.Highly recommended for film noir fans and for fans of low (no) budget cult cinema.