Detour (1945)

Chance events trap a hitch-hiker Al Roberts into a tightening net of trouble.

Wonderful Film Noir classic that creates a hopeless fate almost too extreme to believe, but that's just as well part of its message.

On rewatching: Highly entertaining low-budget Noir drama with an over-the-top (and extremely unlikely) doom-laden plot - and a particularly vicious femme fatale.

Halliwell*: "A minor cult movie with as much doomladen dialogue and film noir angles as could be shovelled into a Poverty Row 'B' at the time. On the whole, less than meets the eye."

Maltin***: "Now-legendary B movie, filmed in less than a week, is the qintessence of film noir...(Savage, in an unforgettable performance), Ulmer makes best of his meagre budget."

Crime, Inc. (1945)

A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city.

Run-of-the-mill noir crime drama is competently made, but not particularly memorable.

Detour (1945)

Jungle Girl (1941)

A jungle princess rules the wilds of an untamed African Empire.

Detour (1945)

Chance events trap a hitch-hiker Al Roberts into a tightening net of trouble.

Wonderful Film Noir classic that creates a hopeless fate almost too extreme to believe, but that's just as well part of its message.

Halliwell*: "A minor cult movie with as much doomladen dialogue and film noir angles as could be shovelled into a Poverty Row 'B' at the time. On the whole, less than meets the eye."

Maltin***: "Now-legendary B movie, filmed in less than a week, is the qintessence of film noir...(Savage, in an unforgettable performance), Ulmer makes best of his meagre budget."