Detour
“He went searching for love… but fate forced a DETOUR to revelry… violence… mystery!”
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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Cast
12 people
Tom Neal
Al Roberts
Known for
Another Thin Man
Flying Tigers
Ann Savage
Vera
Known for
My Winnipeg
Fire with Fire
Claudia Drake
Sue Harvey
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The Face of Marble
The Lady Confesses
Edmund MacDonald
Charles Haskell Jr.
Known for
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Black Friday
Tim Ryan
Diner Owner Gus
Known for
From Here to Eternity
Force of Evil
Esther Howard
Hedy
Known for
Murder, My Sweet
Sullivan's Travels
Pat Gleason
Joe
Also in
Detective Kitty O'Day
I Killed That Man
Don Brodie
Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
Known for
Escape to Witch Mountain
Diary of a Madman
Roger Clark
Cop (uncredited)
Also in
You Belong to Me
Girls in Chains
Eddie Hall
Used Car Mechanic (uncredited)
Also in
Mixed Magic
Shadows of Death
Harry Mayo
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Also in
The Locked House
Vanity Fair
Harry Strang
California Border Patrolman (uncredited)
Known for
Buck Privates
Edgar G. Ulmer Director · Martin Goldsmith Screenplay Leo Erdody Composer
Worldwide gross $1M · Budget $30K · United States release November 30, 1945
Box office
Budget
$30,000
Worldwide gross
$1,000,000
Gross vs. budget
33.3×
Production
PRC
Production
Producers Releasing Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 14, 1945
Premiere · Boston
United States · November 30, 1945
Theatrical
United States
December 16, 2012 · Premiere · New York IFC Center
November 30, 2018 · Premiere · New York Film Forum
Argentina
January 9, 1947 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 22, 2010 · Physical
Canada
January 25, 1946 · Theatrical
France
October 3, 1990 · Theatrical
April 14, 2005 · Physical · DVD
September 12, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
December 12, 1978 · TV
Italy
January 19, 1978 · TV
Mexico
July 25, 1947 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 17, 2005 · Physical · DVD
July 3, 2021 · Premiere · Eye Filmmuseum
Spain
August 26, 2000 · TV
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