Synopsis: A unique remake of Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 B-movie classic, DETOUR is almost an exact recreation of that film, using nearly the same script and essentially matching its predecessor shot for shot. Tom Neal Jr., reprising his father's role in the original, stars as Al Roberts, a sad-sack piano... A unique remake of Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 B-movie classic, DETOUR is almost an exact recreation of that film, using nearly the same script and essentially matching its predecessor shot for shot. Tom Neal Jr., reprising his father's role in the original, stars as Al Roberts, a sad-sack piano player who is in love with a woman named Sue. However, Sue leaves him and goes to California and it isn't long before he's out on the road, hitchhiking to California to find her. Instead he gets involved in the death of a man who picks him up and a woman named Vera who may have caused his death. Soon Vera has roped him into a scheme to steal the dead man's inheritance, and Al finds himself wondering if he can go through with the plan or not. [More]