Drake
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Language
English
Description
N.Y.C. piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) laments when his girlfriend leaves for Hollywood. He decides to hitchhike & join her. In Arizona, Al accepts a ride with Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald). Later, in a freak accident, Haskell is killed. Frightened, Al assumes Haskell's identity & car, but soon meets the mysterious & sexy Vera (Ann Savage), who seems to know all about his true identity.
2) Detour
Author
Language
English
Description
A nightclub pianist (Tom Neal) hitchhikes to join his girl in LA. When the sleazy gambler he's riding with mysteriously dies; he takes the man's identity. But thanks to a blackmailing dame (Ann Savage) his every move plunges him deeper into trouble.