In A Lonely Place
1950
A hotheaded Hollywood screenwriter who'd sooner use his fists than his reason and his neighbor who has had her troubles in love and life, are drawn together when he is questioned for murder and she confirms his alibi. But, his volatile nature threatens to destroy their last chance at real love. Read more
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Robert Warwick |
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| Director | Nicholas Ray |
| Genres | Drama |
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In A Lonely Place
A hotheaded Hollywood screenwriter who'd sooner use his fists than his reason and his neighbor who has had her troubles in love and life, are drawn together when he is questioned for murder and she confirms his alibi. But, his volatile nature threatens to destroy their last chance at real love.
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Carl Benton Reid |
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| Director | Nicholas Ray |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Jan 2003 Production year: 1950 |
| Format | DVD |
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This dark, gripping film noir is one of the best dramas ever made about the movie industry. Humphrey Bogart stars as the jaded, heavy-drinking Hollywood screenwriter who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of hat-check girl Martha Stewart. In one of the roles of his career, Bogart is both sympathetic and sinister at the same time, a complex character teetering on the brink of destruction. His co-star and soulmate here is Gloria Grahame, then director Nicholas Ray's wife, though the part was specifically written for Bogart's wife, Lauren Bacall, whom Warner Bros refused to loan out.
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The place is Hollywood, lonely for scriptwriter Dixon Steele (Bogart), who is suspected of murdering a young woman,... read more on Time Out
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
It goes up to six stars.
Bogart plays Dix Steel, a jaded Hollywood screenwriter with a mean temper, who gets caught up in a moider. Director Nicholas Ray said of his protagonist 'Every man has within him the seed of his own destruction' and it is classic Noir. Beautifully shot and tragic, it is an existential thriller about a man who can only control his life by sabotaging it. Plus crackling dialogue and great 50's Hollywood characters. Does it get any better?
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Nicely noir
Not maybe one of the best known Bogart movies, but a very good one for all that. As hard-boiled screenwriter Dix Steele, his aggression makes us perhaps dislike him, feel a little bit afraid but when his neighbour Laurel Gray – a good strong performance from Gloria Grahame – sees beyond that and falls in love with him, we start to have some sympathy for him. Is he the murderer that the police captain believes him to be, or is he an innocent caught up in someone else’s crime? It does keep you guessing till close to the end but by that time the murder isn’t the most important thing. That’s the relationship between Dix and Laurel and the director handles it very well.
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