Product: Detour [VHS] (1945)
Rating: 5.0
Detour
Made by a Poverty Row studio in just six days, this cynical, acid-tongued noir exemplified what a skilled director like Ulmer could do on a shoestring budget. Narrated by Neal, whose weary voice is that of a man recounting a terrible nightmare, "Detour" wallows in grim fatalism and sports a wildly venomous turn by Savage, as the castrating vixen who blackmails Al into a seedy get-rich scheme. Crisp pacing, rabid dialogue, and on-the-fly camerawork make this disturbing and fascinating "Detour" well worth taking.