#tom neal

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Tom Neal as Al Roberts Detour (1945) dir. Edgar G. Ulmer

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A look at the film noir turn actor Tom Neal's life took.

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Edgar G. Ulmer, September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972.

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detour |1945|

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Tom Neal and Barbara Payton brawled in the 1950s behind the Courtney Manor Apartments.

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Watching

DETOUR Edgar G. Ulmer USA, 1945

[streamondemand]

'Detour' – The "B"-est film noir ever made on Criterion Channel

‘Detour’ – The “B”-est film noir ever made on Criterion Channel

I like to think of Edgar G. Ulmer’s waking nightmare Detour (1945), an existential, almost surreal thriller, as the “B”-est film noir ever made. Shot on a tiny budget for poverty row studio PRC, Hollywood’s cheapest B-movie outfit, on their soundstages and surrounding desolate desert highways, it stars flat B-movie leading man Tom Neal as gloomy New York pianist Al Roberts, who hitchhikes to Los…

[gatutor]

Tom Neal-Barbara Payton "The great Jesse James raid" 1953, de Reginald Le Borj.

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Ann Savage and Tom Neal in Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945) Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason. Screenplay: Martin Goldsmith, based on his novel. Cinematography: Edmund H. Kline. Art direction: Edward C. Jewell. Film editing: George McGuire. Music: Leo Erdody. 

If you ever want to discourage someone from hitchhiking, show them Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour. It's a classic B-movie noir with some astonishing twists and one of the most fascinatingly snake-like performances by a woman -- Ann Savage -- ever put on film.

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Detour • Director Edgar G. Ulmer

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Detour 1945

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Wausau mayor's veto upheld in contentious discussion

Damakant Jayshi Wausau will not spend taxpayer money on a consultant to redevelop the city’s north riverfront, after a veto by the mayor was upheld amid a sharp debate on Tuesday. City planning staff asked to go ahead with a request for proposals seeking a consultant for future projects with a cap of $100,000. The cost is already in the 2024 budget, but no money would be spent if the council…

[davidhudson]

Ann Savage, February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008.

With Tom Neal in a publicity photo for Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945).

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[oldshowbiz]

The classic film noir Detour (1945) could have starred John Garfield and Ida Lupino...

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