Film Noir takes a Detour
Jimmy McHugh’s I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me is the theme song of the 1945 film noir Detour.
This is particularly interesting in that McHugh’s upbeat tune greatly contrasts with the film’s sinister tone.
In both it’s style and content, Detour is considered to be one of the darkest film noir ever produced during the classic 1935 to 1955 period. Director Edgar G. Ulmer’s work was heavily influenced by the 1920s German Expressionism Movement.
To quote Chicago Sun-Times Film critic Roger Ebert: ‘No one who has seen it has easily forgotten it.’