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 North Star (1943): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The North Star (1943)

    S2023 E49 - 1h 45m

    Five friends from a small Ukrainian village decide to travel to Kiev but their trip is cut short when German aircraft attack and their town falls under occupation after the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Michigan City, Indiana native Anne Baxter gets top billing in this World War II film.

  • Three Came Home (1950): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Three Came Home (1950)

    S2023 E48 - 1h 40m

    This biographical film stars Claudette Colbert as Agnes Newton Keith, a writer whose life is disrupted when the Japanese invade her Borneo home in the early days of World War II.

  • An Ideal Husband (1947): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    An Ideal Husband (1947)

    S2023 E52 - 1h 32m

    A prominent, upstanding politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal, but he is soon haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion. Paulette Goddard stars in this film based on the Oscar Wilde play.

  • Long John Silver (1954): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Long John Silver (1954)

    S2023 E47 - 1h 45m

    Continuing the story after Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Long John Silver (Robert Newton) returns to the Caribbean, where he has his sights on a rival pirate that has taken a ship, the governor's daughter and his young friend, Jim Hawkins.

  • Blackbeard the Pirate (1952): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)

    S2023 E46 - 1h 38m

    An admiralty officer tries to bring the infamous pirate to justice by infiltrating his crew. Robert Newton portrays the legendary captain in this 50's swashbuckler that also stars William Bendix and Linda Darnell as a kidnapped beauty that gets caught between feuding pirates.

  • The Divorce of Lady X (1937): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Divorce of Lady X (1937)

    S2023 E43 - 1h 27m

    A romantic comedy of manners finds fogbound divorce-lawyer Everard Logan (Laurence Olivier in one of his early roles) sharing his hotel suite with the beguiling Leslie (Merle Oberon), and the fall out the next day.

  • At War with the Army (1950): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    At War with the Army (1950)

    S2023 E41 - 1h 28m

    The comedy duo stars as two guys having trouble adjusting to Army life. Dean Martin plays a self-assured Romeo forever bursting into song, while funnyman Jerry Lewis is a hopeless screw-up unable to perform the simplest task without wreaking chaos.

  • Impact (1949): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Impact (1949)

    S2023 E39 - 1h 51m

    Industrial whiz Walter Williams's two-timing wife tells her husband that she is not feeling well enough to travel, and asks Walter (Brian Donlevy) to give a lift to her cousin, Jim. On the highway, Jim tries to kill Walter but Walter survives and must move on with his life now that everyone thinks he’s dead.

  • Africa Screams (1949): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Africa Screams (1949)

    S2023 E38 - 1h 16m

    The comedy duo of Abbott and Costello brave the deepest jungles of Africa in search of a hidden diamond mine, facing one misadventure after another in this classic comedy.

  • Love Affair (1939): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Love Affair (1939)

    S2023 E37 - 1h 27m

    Michel (Charles Boyer) and Terry (Irene Dunne) meet on a ship and fall in love. Unfortunately, they are both engaged to be married to someone else. They agree to meet six months later, at the top of the Empire State Building, if neither of them has married.

  • The Flying Deuces (1939): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Flying Deuces (1939)

    S2023 E36 - 1h 8m

    When Oliver Hardy is dumped by his true love, he and friend Stan Laurel sign up for the French Foreign Legion. Misadventures and shenanigans ensue as one of cinema’s funniest duos blunder their way through one of their funniest movies.

  • Royal Wedding (1951): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Royal Wedding (1951)

    S2023 E33 - 1h 32m

    Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother-and-sister musical team who each find romance when they tour London for Queen Elizabeth's wedding.

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