Detour Page #5

Synopsis: In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. On a rainy night, the sleazy gambler he's riding with mysteriously dies; afraid of the police, Roberts takes the man's identity. But thanks to a blackmailing dame, Roberts' every move plunges him deeper into trouble...
Director(s): Edgar G. Ulmer
Production: Film Chest
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1945
68 min
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not too uncomfortable for you.

That will not remove

the dream, right?

Crest View ...

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

No.

Not yet, honey.

Tomorrow ...

... Maybe.

If this were fiction,

I fall in love with Vera. / i

I marry her, would

a respectable woman. / i

Or she would some great

sacrifice for me ... / i

... and then die. / i

Sue and I lloraramos some

on his grave ... / i

... and we would have thought ... / i

... about what is good

in each of us. / i

Vera But, unfortunately,

was so sour in the morning ... / i

... as he had been

the night before. / i

Very good, very good,

I'm coming.

Vera, it's almost noon.

So what? The seller

be there all day.

It may be all year, but

I will not wait that long.

Shut up.

You sound like a husband.

- Do I deserve a whistle?

-Sure, but come on.

Come, come. Spending $ 85

and two hours fixing my ...

... And all you can

say is "we."

Come on.

We spent some batches of

cars here last night.

How we think

get for this?

I do not know. Pretty.

Let me do everything.

Can be two thousand dollars?

I do not know.

But do not worry.

Try to get

as much as possible.

If I leave without bargaining

might think that we stole.

And do not call me Roberts,

Do you understand? Or we delataremos.

I need your advice.

You better stay seated

and with the mouth closed.

Remember that we are in

the same boat, if something happens ...

-Forget it and drive.

-You are my wife, Vera Hazkel.

Look, after

sell the car ...

Return to that place ...

Hollywood on the boulevard ...

... I saw a leather jacket

and I bought it too.

After the business

we will say goodbye.

True, I forgot.

I think I'm

getting used to you.

It's a habit that you

begin to change.

Let's try it here.

Good afternoon, what

I can do for you?

We want to sell the car.

-If the price is right.

If you are good mechanics,

would be about $ 1600.

Tony, look at this engine.

Sixteen hundred,

Are you kidding?

Maybe 1850.

Before taking it for 1850

I destroy it and collect the insurance.

Miss, this engine

has gone far.

While the mechanical

checked the car ... / i

... we were discussing. / i

Finally, when

we were tired ... / i

... we reached a settlement ... / i

price ... / i

'All right, done deal.

'Well, come in and will sign.

I have the title

property here.

Vera, meanwhile

look in the trunk ...

Has been ... maybe something in it.

'Well, darling.

$ 1850,

Damn crook!

-New York, huh?

-Yes.

'But you bought

the car in Miami. -Yes.

Consider the insurance, we can

transfer or cancel.

What type of insurance

have you, Mr. Hazkel?

Well ...

Are not all

papers there?

I see none.

Surely you know what kind

is the car insurance.

The name of the company?

Yes, but ...

If you give me the name

of the company ...

I'll be happy ...

all the details.

-Well ... - Have you signed and

the papers? -No, not yet.

Bueno. Then do not.

Do not sell.

'Wait a minute, Ms. Hazkel.

'Come on, darling.

What is the problem?

Did you change your mind?

Yes, sorry, I think so.

'But, Vera ... 'Come on.

Took me out of trouble, but

still do not understand all this.

You'll understand in a moment.

I almost get rid of

a gold mine.

$ 1800 is no small thing.

I had all the papers

as I thought.

-We will not sell the car.

- You get what you want?

Wait a minute. You said

we would not be safe ...

To have it ... for another.

I want to get rid of it

as soon as possible.

That's just it.

There you go.

There is a restaurant on the corner,

aprcalo there. We will eat something.

And I will explain.

Is it another of your brilliant ideas?

A ham sandwich

and a cup of coffee.

- For you sir?

I do not know, same thing.

Thank you.

Listen, Vera.

So far I've been very patient.

-I did everything you asked

but enough. - Shut up!

We just keep

of Hazkel ...

You can stay ...

with money from the sale ...

But I'll ...

to keep a prisoner.

It was good to buy

the newspaper. Look at this.

-Vera, not in the mood.

- Read this!

"Charles Hazkel, famous

sports enthusiast ... / i

to death after

are trying

locate his son. "/ i

-No.

-Yes.

-No, I will not.

Yes, you will.

Do you think I'm crazy?

It's impossible.

Excuse me.

Blow the horn when finished.

No one could leave

a situation like this.

Would realize the minute

Do not be a coward.

You look a lot.

The factions, the same body.

Notice how your clothes fit you.

-I almost ate it myself.

Think, Vera.

Do you think a father

recognize his own son?

And there will be other relatives.

He will not have to recognize you.

We will wait to die.

It is an old and decrepit

not last long.

And distant relatives

seem to worry ...

I have seen ... not in fifteen

or twenty years.

-Come.

I have no hunger

And I will not.

It's not as hard as it seems.

Remember that you have ...

... All kinds of identifications,

your cards, letters, license.

We will not go away with this.

It's the most stupid I heard.

The old man has a lot of money.

Look here ...

A personal fortune ...

over fifteen million.

Leave much.

I tell you.

Perhaps disinherited his son.

How do we know?

It's ridiculous, Vera.

I do not know anything about this.

I think so.

See Vera, I'll do anything

that makes sense.

But that does not. Forget it.

And find another servant.

you ill.

You could be the rest of your life

Charlie Hazkel.

You can take your inheritance

and go away.

Never again worry about

rent, no sweat ...

Plan ... and where will

the next meal. Think.

Vera, please.

You are talking too loudly.

I will leave equally.

Clear. Why not?

-We are equal, are born equal.

-Relax, Vera ...

... There are people here.

Not sure what you mean.

We will wait to read

Hazkel the old is dead ...

... And then show up.

Say you read in

New York who was ill.

No.

- And assuming you do not die?

-He will die, I know, something tells me so.

But as to insist

not take part in the matter. / i

Vera was sure

I would. / i

Neither

was attentive ... / i

... cards with that

we played that night. / i

I knew just

tried to kill time ... / i

between editions ...

newspapers. / i

For Vera, it was

the eve of death ... / i

... maybe for me too. / i

If they catch me want to know

where I got the car.

'I accuse you of murder.

'You're ready, do not get caught.

I have seven.

If I get caught, you realize

that you stay outside?

How to stay out?

Run out of the $ 1850

would get for the car.

You'd be stupid leaving that

money by a long shot.

Let me sell it tomorrow.

With that money ...

... An intelligent woman like you

shall leave soon.

And the two would be free

-I will be free anyway.

And the two would be free

-I will be free anyway.

Perhaps.

Perhaps.

But if they catch me ...

Will get you ... you too.

- You mean you speak?

-No, I meant.

-No matter what you meant.

Although the poly count

I was with you ...

... What I can do to me?

I can give the same

medicine that I give to you.

A rope.

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Martin Goldsmith

Martin M. Goldsmith (November 6, 1913 – May 24, 1994) was American screenwriter and novelist who wrote several classic B-movies including Detour (1945), which he adapted from his 1939 novel of the same name; Blind Spot (1947); and The Narrow Margin (1952), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination. Goldsmith, at one time the brother-in-law of actor Anthony Quinn, also contributed some stories to The Twilight Zone in 1964. more…

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