Detour

A down-on-his-luck New York pianist hitchhikes west to reunite with his girl, and is dragged — one helpless step at a time — into a dead man's identity and a blackmailer's grip. Lean, fatalistic and unforgettable, the definitive poverty-row noir.

CineVault catalogues this film and links to its preservation copy at the Internet Archive. Detour is in the public domain.