Product: Detour [VHS] (1945)
Rating: 4.0
How to make a movie for nine dollars...
This is the ultimate Grade Z film noir, and a great primer on how to make a no-budget film. The whole thing is as fascinating to watch for the way it was filmed and put together as it is to watch the story unfold. A couple of great performances from nobodies, an object lesson on why you should NEVER assume a dead guys identity, and an almost Grecian sense of fate and tragedy. This holds up as well as Gun Crazy, as there are parts of both movies that seem so electrifyingly contemporary that it is startling. Buy a copy for yourself, and get a couple for your friends...