Detour (1945)

1h 7m

A hitchhiker’s (Tom Neal) luck goes from bad to worse when the man who gave him a ride suddenly dies. Worried that he might be accused of murder, he hides the body and takes on the man’s identity.

Episodes

  • The Lady Vanishes (1938): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    S2023 E115 - 1h 35m

    A young woman (Margaret Lockwood) traveling across Europe by train stumbles on a mystery when an elderly fellow traveler goes missing, in one of the best-loved of Alfred Hitchcock’s British-made thrillers.

  • Lost Horizon (1937): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lost Horizon (1937)

    S2023 E96 - 2h 6m

    A plane crash in the Himalayas delivers a diplomat (Ronald Colman) and a group of survivors to the secluded land of Shangri-La – but is it the miraculous utopia it appears to be? Directed by Frank Capra, the film costars Thomas Mitchell and Sam Jaffe.

  • Secret Agent (1936): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Secret Agent (1936)

    S2023 E114 - 1h 26m

    Set is World War I, a soldier (John Gielgud) is sent to Switzerland on a secret mission to identify and kill a German agent, in this Alfred Hitchcock film that also stars Peter Lorre and Madeleine Carroll.

  • The 39 Steps (1935): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The 39 Steps (1935)

    S2023 E65 - 1h 25m

    A vacationing Canadian in London (Robert Donat) stumbles upon a conspiracy that has him running from spies and murderers alongside blonde beauty Madeleine Carroll in this film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

  • The Kennel Murder Case (1933): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

    S2023 E5 - 1h 13m

    William Powell stars as ace detective Philo Vance, who is put to the test when he tackles a murder in a locked room during a Long Island dog show. Michael Curtiz directs this adaptation of the S. S. Van Dine novel that also stars Mary Astor.

  • Fear in the Night (1947): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fear in the Night (1947)

    S2023 E113 - 1h 10m

    DeForest Kelley is a bank teller who has a terrible nightmare in which he kills a man in a strange room. When he wakes up with bruises and blood on his hands, he begins to wonder: was it only a dream?

  • Pitfall (1948): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Pitfall (1948)

    S2023 E111 - 1h 25m

    Dick Powell is a married insurance adjuster living in post-War Los Angeles. Stuck in a routine, he becomes involved with a woman (Lizabeth Scott) who has been lavished with gifts from an embezzling boyfriend, and becomes caught in a dangerous affair.

  • The Big Combo (1955): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Big Combo (1955)

    S2023 E110 - 1h 27m

    A police detective (Cornell Wilde) is determined to smash the mob’s racket by finding the evidence to catch a gang boss (Richard Conte) with the help of the mobster’s old flame.

  • Kansas City Confidential (1952)

    S2023 E109 - 1h 39m

    Four thieves hold up an armored truck getting away with over a million dollars. When an ex-con (John Payne) is accused of being involved, he follows the gang’s trail to a Mexican resort, where he hopes get his revenge.

  • Pimpernel Smith (1941): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Pimpernel Smith (1941)

    S2023 E104 - 1h 55m

    Seemingly mild-mannered archaeology professor (Leslie Howard) travels to Nazi Germany to do research on the Aryan culture. His real goal is to free Gestapo prisoners from concentration camps in the early days of World War II.

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

    S2023 E103 - 1h 37m

    English noblewoman (Merle Oberon) discovers her husband (Leslie Howard) is really a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from Robespierre’s guillotine during the French Revolution.

  • Of Human Bondage (1934): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Of Human Bondage (1934)

    S2023 E102 - 1h 22m

    Film adaptation of Somerset Maugham’s novel about a medical student (Leslie Howard) who falls in love with a waitress (Bette Davis), only to suffer years of torment and pain.

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