1945 · 68 min · NR
Detour
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer · Drama, Thriller
Detour (1945) is a Drama film, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer set in Reno, Arizona, and Los Angeles during the 1940s. It runs 68 minutes and is rated NR.
A film noir and road trip, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of fate & destiny and guilt & shame play out through frame narrative.
Composer
Leo Erdody
Cinematography
Benjamin H. Kline
Cast
Tom NealAnn SavageClaudia DrakeEdmund MacDonaldTim RyanEsther HowardPat GleasonDon Brodie
The world of this film
Premise & themes
Structure
Tone
BleakTense
Shape
Protagonist
Solo Lead
Pacing
Propulsive
Based on
Pure Fiction
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