Trolling through Ebay a while back, I saw the original
hardcover by Martin Goldsmith. Indeed it was a book first,
albeit an extremely rare one!
Long live "Detour." Definitely one of the true Noir
masterpieces...
Dave
Juri Nummelin wrote:
> I checked it out: Edgar Ulmer's "Detour" isn't based
on any novel,
> albeit there were different opinions. The Finnish
scholar of American
> film Matti Salo claims that it's based on the
screenwriter Martin
> Goldsmith's own novel, but Silver & Ward's "Film
Noir" says that
> Goldsmith only wrote the screenplay.
>
> Juri
>
jurnum@utu.fi
>
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