This moderately interesting crime drama focuses on a bank robbery where the cliché of crime doesn't pay takes a twist on a country road where the ribbers head off a cliff with the stolen money nowhere in sight. A detective (Don "Red" Barry) becomes involved in the case, utilizing an old girlfriend (Adele Mara) and a glamorous nightclub singer (Ann Savage) in his quest to find the AWOL loot.
Some good character performances from Sheldon Leonard, Nestor Paiva and John Dehner help take away from the light comic atmosphere involving Barry's involvement with the two ladies who are surprisingly very un- femme fatale like in their suspicions about the other. Savage sings several verses of "The Man I Love Belongs to Somebody Else", while Mara shares a scary roller-coaster ride with Barry absolutely frightened out of his mind.
It's all moderately entertaining, with Savage showing fear on a dark shadowy street being obviously followed. But for fans of "Detour" wanting to see her as another deadly dame, they will be sorely disappointed. Barry's detective is played in a mildly comic manner, which eliminates the noir aspect I was so hoping to find. The twist at the end might be a nice pay off for some, but for me, it just didn't ring true, not convinced that just because it's written in the script then it must be believable.
Some good character performances from Sheldon Leonard, Nestor Paiva and John Dehner help take away from the light comic atmosphere involving Barry's involvement with the two ladies who are surprisingly very un- femme fatale like in their suspicions about the other. Savage sings several verses of "The Man I Love Belongs to Somebody Else", while Mara shares a scary roller-coaster ride with Barry absolutely frightened out of his mind.
It's all moderately entertaining, with Savage showing fear on a dark shadowy street being obviously followed. But for fans of "Detour" wanting to see her as another deadly dame, they will be sorely disappointed. Barry's detective is played in a mildly comic manner, which eliminates the noir aspect I was so hoping to find. The twist at the end might be a nice pay off for some, but for me, it just didn't ring true, not convinced that just because it's written in the script then it must be believable.