Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Detour

Label
Detour
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Detour
Runtime
68
Summary
N.Y.C. piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) laments when his girlfriend leaves for Hollywood. He decides to hitchhike & join her. In Arizona, Al accepts a ride with Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald). Later, in a freak accident, Haskell is killed. Frightened, Al assumes Haskell's identity & car, but soon meets the mysterious & sexy Vera (Ann Savage), who seems to know all about his true identity
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour
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