Format DVD Release Year 2000 Actor Ann Savage, Tom Neal Rating NR Director John Warner, Edgar G. Ulmer Genre Action Adventure Movie/TV Title Detour About this product Product Information Low budget director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. It has since inspired countless filmmakers. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives a feeling of a claustrophobic nightmare as Al (Tom Neal) a down-and-out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles in order to be with his singer girlfriend (Claudia Drake). Fate has other plans for Al when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel (Edmund MacDonald), who promptly dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity, and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker (Ann Savage).This film is short, cramped and breathtaking, with no pause in its relentless rhythm of despair. Tom Neal's performance as the man snared in a web of fate is raw and real. Ann Savage is fierce. Ulmer's direction is hallucinatory and amazing. From a script by mystery writer Martin Goldsmith, this film demands repeat viewing by any serious student of cinema, or lover of movies. Product Identifiers UPC 0014381870824 Product ID (ePID) 3331308 Product Key Features Actor Ann Savage, Tom Neal Rating NR Movie/TV Title Detour Director John Warner, Edgar G. Ulmer Format DVD Release Year 2000 Genre Action Adventure Additional Product Features Region Code Region0 Number of Discs 1 Country/Region of Manufacture USA Signal Standard Dvd Leading Role Ann Savage, Tom Neal Film Country USA Release Date 20000926