Detour

Detour Detour is a 1945 film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. The film starts off by a piano player Al Roberts drinking coffee at a diner while hitchhiking east from California and song plays on the jukebox which reminds him of his former life in New York City. In the flashback, we learn that Al was bitter about his talent going to waste in a cheap nightclub and so was his girlfriend, so she decided to seek fame in Hollywood, leaving him behind. Later, he decides that he cannot live without her and wants to marry her, leading him to hitchhike his way across the country. In Arizona, Al hitchhikes on a ride from Charles Haskell who is going all the way to Los Angeles to place a bet on a horse, and during this ride he asks Al to pass him pills many times. At night, Al is driving while Haskell is asleep and it starts to rain, so Al tries to wake him up but is unable to. Al then opens the passenger door and Haskell falls out, hitting his head on a rock, and then Al realizes that he is dead. Out of fear that he police will believe that he killed him, he drags out the dead body from the road, steals his clothes, money, ID, and car…

that nothing slips by him. A hard-boiled must be able to do this to succeed at his job. This is something many detectives will do in the film noir genre. 2 This image and the scene it is from in Detour(1945, Edgar Ulmer) shows the typical elements of film noir through lighting, sound and other elements of film. In this scene Al’s inner monologue in able to be heard before there is a flashback. The inner monologue is a very common element of film noir. Films like Double Indemnity and The Long…

Brower v. Inyo, 109 S. Ct. 1378 (1989) Type of Action: this is a civil suit alleging that Brower constitution right was violated, liability for negligence and wrongful death Facts of the case: The police set out a detour. The detour was set up by stopping a tractor trailer amidst the 2 path parkway which blocked both paths and a police vehicle with its lights glimmering was stopped before the tractor. Brower collided with the tractor trailer and was murdered. The decedent's family recorded a…

I am the second type of person, which is why I noticed that these two books, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and Alex Approximately by Jenn Bennett, have a great theme that blares out at you. The theme that stuck out to me was, "Life may not be leading you on the path you planned. But, in life, it is okay to take a detour." The first book that I will be comparing the theme to is Fangirl. The theme of taking a detour really relates to this story considering it is all it ever goes on about. For Cath,…

Do you know what caused the Titanic disaster? I know what caused it- actually not a what, but a who caused it. I am getting the information from the book Exploring the Titanic. Here are two things and reasons why the Titanic ended up sinking. First, the captain probably assisted with the sinking. I bet he helped cause it for three reasons. First, on page 18, it says that he posted the first iceberg warning on the bulletin board and did nothing about it. Second, on the same page, it says they…

A Critical Summary of Péter Pongrácz et al, 2005, The pet dogs ability for learning from a human demonstrator in a detour task is independent from the breed and age, Applied Animal Behavior Science 90, pp 309-323. Using a detour task around a V-shaped transparent fence, Péter Pongrácz et al (2005) researched the pet dogs’ problem solving ability and capacity to learn from human, in this case from its owner. The main result was that there is no significant differences between breeds or dogs with…

Patrol work is the most visible symbols of law enforcement. Patrol officers have many functions. Some of roles and functions include, information gathering, apprehension, traffic violations, crime fighting, mediators, protect life and property, and maintain order and public safety (Walker, Katz, 2011). The biggest role patrol work has to detour crime by officer presences. There are several patrol types that have different roles and functions. A directed patrol focuses on an issue, target…

The biggest takeaway from reading and discussing High Price is that, although Dr. Hart had numerous struggles he faced such as, poverty, lack of parental guidance, being a first-generation student and more. Through it all, he never allowed the burning desire in him to dim, he preserved through all the challenges and remained diligent. When life took unexpected detours, he quickly administered another idea to suit the situation. The major themes throughout this reading I can strongly relate to…

begins with a seemingly innocent decision by the grandmother to bring her cat along on the family vacation. “She didn’t intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss her too much” (O’Connor 353) even though she knew “Her son, Bailey, didn’t like to arrive at a motel with a cat” (O’Connor 353). Next, the grandmother detours the family vacation by weaving an interesting story of an old house she wanted to see again, “ ‘There was a secret panel in this…

individual that loves to listen rather than talk and when it comes to dealing with difficult individuals it is a great idea to listen because, that is what people like they want to be listened to and understood and if you can solve the problem or situation the individual will be happy because you listened. For example the other day i had to deal with angry driver that wanted to drive on the street that we closed down for al dravic do to construction that made it impossible to drive on. The…