A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
- Awards
- 3 wins
James Arness
- Young Detective
- (uncredited)
Pat Barton
- Second Hat Check Girl
- (uncredited)
David Bond
- Dr. Richards
- (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne
- Person
- (uncredited)
Laura K. Brooks
- Lady Wanting Matches
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn her essay "Humphrey and Bogey", Louise Brooks wrote that more than any other role that Humphrey Bogart played, it was the role of Dixon Steele in this movie that came closest to the real Bogart she knew.
- GoofsAs Steele and Mildred walk through the gate of his apartment building, she has only her purse, hanging from her arm. When they enter the courtyard after passing through the gate, she is clutching both her purse and the book, tucked in the crook of her arm.
- Quotes
Dixon Steele: I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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One of Nicholas Ray's best movies with brilliant performances from Bogart and Grahame.
Nicholas Ray is a director who has almost been forgotten these days, despite making brilliant movies like 'They Live By Night', 'On Dangerous Ground', 'Johnny Guitar' and 'Rebel Without A Cause', and numbering Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders among his fans (the latter even gave him a small role in his 'The American Friend'). 'In A Lonely Place' could be Ray's best. It's a fascinating movie that mixes drama, suspense and romance in a very interesting way. You could call it Noir I suppose, but it's a very difficult movie to tie down. Humphrey Bogart plays a bitter, hard drinking and frequently violent screen writer who becomes a murder suspect when a young girl (Martha Stewart) is killed. Gloria Grahame ('Crossfire', 'The Big Set Up') is a neighbour who supplies him with an alibi. This odd way of meeting leads into a romance. At first everything is wonderful, and Bogart is even writing again, but bit by bit Grahame starts to see his dark side and begins to fear him, even suspecting that he may have been involved in the murder after all. I don't think I've ever seen Bogart better. It's a terrific performance, and while his character can be charming at times he's also surprisingly unlikeable and intense (we are told he broke an old girlfriend's nose, for example. Imagine Mel Gibson or Brad Pitt doing that in a movie today and still being the romantic lead!). Grahame pulls off a difficult role too, being torn between love and terror. They both make a great team. Such a pity they never worked together after this. I also liked Frank Lovejoy ('House Of Wax', 'The Hitch-Hiker') who plays Bogart's cop buddy. 'In A Lonely Place' is a movie not to be overlooked. I thought it was superb entertainment.
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- Behind the Mask
- Filming locations
- City Hall - 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA(exteriors: Dixon leaves police headquarters after first questioning; seen later from post office across street)
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- Gross worldwide
- $22,276
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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