Detour
1945 · 68 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 20,696 VOTES · DIR. Edgar G. Ulmer
Overview
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,587 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:05 Subtitles by DHM
00:03:51 Did you ever want cut away a piece of your memory or blot it out?
00:06:56 Mr Paderewsky, I presume ...
00:09:07 Al, why can’t you see my side of it?
00:13:50 I’ll be seeing you soon.
00:16:59 Well, New York!
00:19:05 - Oh, give me that box again, will ya. - Yeah.
00:21:46 The long trip was practically over, and there’d be no more hoofing it down the concrete.
00:25:30 Not only that. I’d have to take his drivers license in case I was stopped or something.
00:30:22 And I’d have to be Charles Haskell, until I got to some city ...
00:34:10 - That’s what I was afraid of. - What did you say?
00:36:21 He wasn’t stretched out stiff and cold in any Arizona gully.
00:38:39 - I’m not arguing. - We see that you don’t.
00:40:27 I thought for a moment, you were going to take it all.
00:43:27 He's dead and no mooning around will bring him back.
00:45:53 They don’t have to sweat blood wondering if they are.
00:48:14 ... I’ll notify the police.
00:51:18 That’s right, I forgot. I guess I'm getting kind of used to you.
00:54:26 Thank you.
00:56:36 We’ll wait until we read old man Haskell’s dead.
00:58:56 - Thanks?! - Sure, or would you rather I called the cops ...
01:01:12 There’s a cute little gas chamber waiting for you, Roberts.
01:04:09 This was the kind of testimony, I couldn’t rub out.
01:08:05 and collect the insurance first.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,587
Dialogue density38.0 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:08:05
Production Record
DirectorEdgar G. Ulmer
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30,000
IMDb votes20,696