Detour - The Complete Movie

by Len Hart

'Detour' seems always to be on any list of classic, film noir movies, a 'style' said to have reached its zenith in the early 40's. The term itself is attributed to a French Critic --Nino Frank. Literally, it means 'black films.' No one set out to make a 'film noir'. Most 'film noir' are dark, shadowy, suspenseful, and, often, filmed on smaller budgets with smaller casts and available locations. Few huge studio films are associated with this style most often associated with independent producers.

The style results from creative efforts to rise above the limitations of set, scene, and size of cast. While 'classic' Hollywood was producing epics in full color --'The Ten Commandments', 'The Wizard of Oz', smaller producers were make suspenseful crime dramas and influencing larger producers to cast stars like Humphrey Bogart in classic films like 'The Big Sleep'.

The following film is proof that good movies can be made with smaller budgets. Here's the official synopsis of 'Detour':

A Man is involved in two freakish accidents that make him look like a murderer. Poverty row masterwork that is the most precise elucidation of the noir theme of explicit fatalism." - noir expert Spencer Selby | Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald. | A B-movie, it was shot in six days. The film, budgeted for $89,000 and ended up costing $117,000 to make.

Detour

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