Cult favorite Ann Savage, 87, best known for her role as the utterly vile Vera in the grade-Z classic Detour (1945), died Christmas day of complications from a series of strokes.
She played probably the most vile female in the history of films, playing opposite a real-life loser, Tom Neal, who later killed his wife and was sent to prison.
In this clip, she talked about the movie:
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YouTube has the entire movie. There are at least two uploads of the entire film. The first part is here.
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This year was a big year for obituary writers.
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George Francis, oldest man in the United States, has died at the age of 112 in Sacramento.
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