The lunchtime noir season continues apace courtesy once again of archive.org.
Detour is cited as a prime example of poverty row noir, that is, a low budget, 'B' movie from a 'second tier' Hollywood production house.
Short (67 mins) and by necessity minimalistic, the story is of a luckless pianist who leaves New York for L.A. to team up with his recently departed woman. Obliged to hitchhike it, a couple of rides and circumstances conspire to embroil him in a murky morass.
The classic noir features are all there (have a look at Tom Neal's bio - they're there as well), and Anne Savage is great as tough gal Vera.
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