Details

Release year: 1945

Storyline

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

Top credits

Directors

Edgar G. Ulmer

Writers

Cast

Tom Neal — Al Roberts
Ann Savage — Vera
Claudia Drake — Sue Harvey
Edmund MacDonald — Charles J. Haskell Jr.

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Did you know

• While the crew was setting up to film a hitchhiking scene, a passing car tried to pick up Ann Savage (made up to look dirty and disheveled), causing the crew to break out laughing.

• The budget PRC gave director Edgar G. Ulmer for this film was so small that the 1941 Lincoln Continental V-12 convertible (model 56) driven by Charles Haskell was actually Ulmer's personal car.

• According to Ann Savage, she and Tom Neal did not get along during filming. Savage stated that Neal embarrassed her on the set by putting his tongue in her ear. She retaliated by slapping his face as hard as she could. After that incident, they did not speak to each other except when filming scenes.