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Detour (1945)

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All Time

of 190,141

488

1940's

of 9,975

51

1945

of 1,557

4
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,077
  
  92
  
  Crime of 1945
  
  of 40
  
  1
  
  Crime of the 1940's
  
  of 505
  
  7
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,998
  
  287
  
  Drama of 1945
  
  of 153
  
  3
  
  Drama of the 1940's
  
  of 1,823
  
  31
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  33
  
  Mystery of 1945
  
  of 49
  
  1
  
  Mystery of the 1940's
  
  of 423
  
  7
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,011
  
  111
  
  Thriller of 1945
  
  of 23
  
  1
  
  Thriller of the 1940's
  
  of 225
  
  11

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Detour (1945) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1323

Avg Critic Score:3.0900

Detour (1945) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

``Detour'' is a movie so filled with imperfections that it would not earn the director a passing grade in film school. ...read the complete Detour movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Some new light has been shed on the majesty of Detour, thanks to the great magazine Scenario, which recently published Martin Goldsmith's original screenplay. Goldsmith had been a short story writer who was hired to adapt his first novel, Detour, into a...read the complete Detour (1945) review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

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ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)

Al Roberts (Tom Neal) is a depressed piano player with little to care about in life. The only thing he claims to hold dear is his girlfriend, Sue (Claudia Drake), whom he says he loves, but never shows it. When Sue up and moves to California to start an...read the complete Detour (1945) review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)

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B-Monster review

Some have said that the lives of the star-crossed characters portrayed by Tom Neal on the screen roughly paralleled his own. But that's dismissive of a talented actor whose career proved to be broader than that flat statement. Neal, of course, will...read the complete Detour (1945) review at B-Monster review

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