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Released
1945 · FILM

Detour

A weary nightclub pianist hitchhikes cross‑country to reunite with his lover, only to become entangled in a relentless chain of deadly misfortune that threatens his very survival.

He went searching for love… but fate forced a DETOUR to revelry… violence… mystery!

Directed by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
68 min
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Al Roberts, a pianist working at a New York nightclub, finds his life turning into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by George McguireShot by Benjamin H KlineScored by Leo Erdody

Box Office

1945 · Box office

Produced on a $30K budget

Production budget

$30K

Also known as

  • Umleitungde
  • Détourfr

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