Detour (1945) | Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer - Full Movie

Chance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail.

Detour is a 1945 American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. The screenplay was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's 1939 novel of the same title, and released by the Producers Releasing Corporation, one of the so-called Poverty Row film studios in mid-20th-century Hollywood.

In 1992, Detour was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The film, which today is in the public domain and freely available for viewing at various online sources, was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2018. In April that year, the 4K restoration premiered in Los Angeles at the TCM Festival. A Blu-Ray and DVD was released in March 2019 from the Criterion Collection.

Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer
Screenplay by: Martin Goldsmith
Based on Detour: An Extraordinary Tale, a 1939 novel by Martin Goldsmith
Produced by: Leon Fromkess
Starring: Tom Neal, Ann Savage
Narrated by: Tom Neal
Cinematography: Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by: George McGuire
Music by: Leo Erdody
Production company, PRC Pictures
Distributed by: Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date: November 15, 1945 (Boston, Massachusetts) November 30, 1945 (limited)
Running time: 68 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $20,000-$100,000
Box office: US$1,000,000