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Detour: Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. With Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald. The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- 1946-01-25
Al Roberts, an unemployed piano player, hitches a ride, arriving at a roadside diner in Reno, Nevada. Another customer in the diner plays a song on the jukebox , that disturbs Al, for it reminds him of his former life in New York City .
Oct 4, 2023 · The protagonist is an out-of-work pianist. Tom Neal portrays Al Roberts, a talented pianist struggling to find work. His character undergoes a series of unfortunate events that lead him down a dark and treacherous path. Ann Savage plays the femme fatale character.
While in a highway restaurant, the bitter pianist Al Roberts listens to a song and recalls his recent past. In New York, he played piano in a dump nightclub where his beloved girlfriend Sue Harvey was the singer.
Martin Goldsmith. Novel, Screenplay. The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
In New York, piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) laments when his singer girlfriend, Sue Harvey (Claudia Drake), leaves for Hollywood, Calif. When Al gets some money, he decides to hitchhike to...
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- Crime, Drama
“Detour” tells the story of Al Roberts, played by Tom Neal as a petulant loser with haunted eyes and a weak mouth, who plays piano in a nightclub and is in love, or says he is, with a singer named Sue. Their song, significantly, is “I Can’t Believe You Fell in Love With Me.”
