Stars:
Tom Neal,
Ann Savage,
John Ireland,
Beverly Garland,
Edmund O'Brien,
Claudia Drake,
Edmund MacDonald,
Tim Ryan,
Esther Howard,
Dorothy Malone,
Bruce Carlisle,
Jean Howell,
Luther Adler,
Neville Brand
Director:
Rudolph Mate
Summary: This film noir collection presents three suspense classics: DETOUR, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, and D.O.A. <BR>DETOUR: Director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives a feeling of a claustrophobic nightmare as Al (Tom Neal) a down-and-out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles in order to be with his singer girlfriend (Claudia Drake). Fate has other plans for Al when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel (Edmund MacDonald), who promptly dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity, and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker (Ann Savage).<BR>THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: John Ireland plays Frank Webster, a fugitive running from a murder charge. In order to escape to Mexico and elude the cops, Webster steals a Jaguar and enters a cross-country auto race. <BR>D.O.A.: This famous murder mystery features an inventive twist: the victim as detective, desperately trying to solve his own murder. An accountant (Edmond O'Brien) on vacation in San Francisco gets a dose of lethal, slow-acting poison. He then begins a desperate search for the individual responsible for his impending demise.
This film noir collection presents three suspense classics: DETOUR, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, and D.O.A.
DETOUR: Director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives a feeling of a claustrophobic nightmare as Al (Tom Neal) a down-and-out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles in order to be with his singer girlfriend (Claudia Drake). Fate has other plans for Al when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel (Edmund MacDonald), who promptly dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity, and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker (Ann Savage).
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: John Ireland plays Frank Webster, a fugitive running from a murder charge. In order to escape to Mexico and elude the cops, Webster steals a Jaguar and enters a cross-country auto race.
D.O.A.: This famous murder mystery features an inventive twist: the victim as detective, desperately trying to solve his own murder. An accountant (Edmond O'Brien) on vacation in San Francisco gets a dose of lethal, slow-acting poison. He then begins a desperate search for the individual responsible for his impending demise.