Detourdirected by Edgar G. Ulmer | |
| Category: |
"Suspense" |
|---|---|
| Year of Release: | 1945 |
| Date Added: | 10/31/2024 |
| Date Watched: | 10/31/2024 |
| Description: | Al Roberts (Tom Neal) hitchhikes from New York to California to see his girl. He's picked up by Charles Haskell, a bookie with a bad heart. Al's driving when Haskell has a heart attack and dies. Al figures nobody will believe he didn't kill him, so he dumps Haskell's body along the road along and assumes his identity. He leaves his own luggage with the body so people will think Al Roberts is dead. A short time later, he picks up Vera (Ann Savage) a hitchhiker. She reveals that she had hitched a ride with Haskell, so she knows Al isn't him. She threatens to tell the cops, so he immediately becomes her slave, doing everything she asks him to while yelling at him and threatening him. She finds out Haskell is due to receive an inheritance and wants Al to impersonate him long enough to get the money. Al refuses, so Vera grabs the phone to call the cops, locking herself in her bedroom. Al pulls on the phone cord under the door to stop her from calling and unintentionally strangles Vera who had wrapped the cord around her neck ... ? Al heads out on the road until he's picked up by the police for ...? |
| My Rating: | 3 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2024-10-31 12:43:26
