Detour (1945)

Directors

Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast

Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason, Don Brodie

The story

Al Roberts, an unemployed pianist, arrives at a roadside diner in Reno, Nevada after hitching a ride. He becomes upset at a customer for playing a song on the jukebox, as it reminds him of his time squandering his talent at a cheap nightclub in New York City. When his girlfriend and the nightclub's lead singer Sue Harvey quits her job and leaves to seek fame in Hollywood, Al becomes depressed.

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