Remake This: Detour (1945)

Variety described Edward G. Ulmer's "Detour" as "fall[ing] short of being a sleeper because of a flat ending and its low-budgeted production mountings." With its short running time of 68 minutes, it was shown alongside a live stage show featuring the Slim Gaillard Trio, Benny Rubin, the Buddy Rich Orchestra, and Nick and Vicki Collins. But the Orpheum only made $24,000 was made after the transit strike the past week. Once "Detour" premiered nationwide, the B-picture ended up making $1,000,000 at the box office given its maximum budget of $100,000, almost barely making it into the top 100 of 1945. Reviews were lukewarm, Variety calling the performances as "uniformly good" with "equally good direction and dialogue."

Matthew Schoenaerts as Al Roberts

Alice Braga as Vera