“Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you.”
That’s the philosophy of this low-budget quickie that became one of Hollywood’s greatest film noirs. It’s also what happens to Al (Tom Neal), a hard-luck piano player just trying to cross America to reunite with his girlfriend. But fate has other plans as he finds himself enmeshed in an accidental death, and then stuck in the clutches of Vera (the legendary Ann Savage), a ferocious hitchhiker who thinks his misfortune could be her ticket out of poverty.
Shot on a shoestring at one of Hollywood’s least-respected studios, “Detour” has captivated generations for its twisty story, cynical humour, and wildly stylish imagery.
Important Cinema Club Masterpiece Classics is proud to present the greatest film by director Edgar G. Ulmer, a veteran of German Expressionism who became Hollywood’s “Poet of Poverty Row”.
As a bonus, the screening will be preceded by a rare Edgar G. Ulmer short film.
