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"Detour" Cult Actress Ann Savage At 87 Dies
The Post Chronicle ^ | Dec 29, 2008 | Mitch Marconi

Posted on 12/29/2008 3:49:03 PM PST by nickcarraway

Ann Savage, 87, who had a large cult following due to movies like the 1940s hit "Detour" died in her nursing home on Christmas Day.

Ann Savage was suffering several strokes and according to her manager died from the complicatiosn of the strokes according to reports.

Savage was most well known for her role in Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 movie called "Detour" in which she played as a woman who ruthlessly blackmailed a stranger. From this movie she had the start of a cult following. She was forgotten later in the 50s and 60s but as of late has gotten some attention.


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1 posted on 12/29/2008 3:49:03 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 12/29/2008 4:01:49 PM PST by LucyT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QpK0pwMOso
3 posted on 12/29/2008 4:02:11 PM PST by lowbridge
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Her bizarrely grotesque character in “Detour” is rather unlike anything else you’ll ever encounter in an old 40s movie. Quite memorable; it stays with you, in a somewhat unnerving way. First saw the film over thirty years ago on a late-show, and enjoy revisiting it every now and then. Seedy, ultra low-budget and suffocatingly claustrophobic, yet so very watchable. PRC’s finest hour.

It was always nice seeing Savage in other films, where she at least came across pleasantly normal!


4 posted on 12/29/2008 4:18:31 PM PST by greene66
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5 posted on 12/29/2008 4:31:10 PM PST by JoeProBono (I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma)
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Very good description of the movie and Ann’s role in it. Truly the hitcher-from-hell.


6 posted on 12/29/2008 6:00:27 PM PST by packrat35 (To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women...)
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Old-school actress passes on. RIP.


7 posted on 12/29/2008 6:08:34 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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Wow...powerful flick.


8 posted on 12/29/2008 6:10:05 PM PST by Tainan (Yeah, its confusing. But what else is there to do?...Merry Christmas!)
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