“Detour” (1945) – Fate Sucks
Great thriller, clocking in at a whopping 68 minutes, I think. Poor sap, Al Roberts, played by Tom Neal, is hitchhiking across the U.S. from New York to California to join his girlfriend. Along the way, he gets picked up by a "Big Spender" Haskell, in a new vehicle who agrees to take him all the way to Los Angeles. The two exchange stories during their journey but Haskell mysteriously passes out en route and never regains consciousness. Roberts panics and buries the body out in the desert and assumes the dead man's identity and drives off with his possessions. The police are NOT notified. The shit really hits the fan when Roberts picks up his own hitchhiker in the Mojave Desert. Turns out said lady, Vera, recognizes the car from her previous travels but not Roberts who is now driving the vehicle. She accuses Al of having nefarious aims and having done away with the car's original owner, Haskell. A web of blackmail is then woven by Vera and intrigue builds upon intrigue....
Classic film with great dialogue and nice, low budget trappings. Definitely worth taking the viewing time for.
Great thriller, clocking in at a whopping 68 minutes, I think. Poor sap, Al Roberts, played by Tom Neal, is hitchhiking across the U.S. from New York to California to join his girlfriend. Along the way, he gets picked up by a “Big Spender” Haskell, in a new vehicle who agrees to take him all the way to Los Angeles. The two exchange stories during their journey but Haskell mysteriously passes out en route and never regains consciousness. Roberts panics and buries the body out in the desert and assumes the dead man’s identity and drives off with his possessions. The police are NOT notified. The shit really hits the fan when Roberts picks up his own hitchhiker in the Mojave Desert. Turns out said lady, Vera, recognizes the car from her previous travels but not Roberts who is now driving the vehicle. She accuses Al of having nefarious aims and having done away with the car’s original owner, Haskell. A web of blackmail is then woven by Vera and intrigue builds upon intrigue….
Classic film with great dialogue and nice, low budget trappings. Definitely worth taking the viewing time for.
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