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In a Lonely Place
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NR,1hr 33min
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May 17, 1950
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Columbia Pictures
Synopsis: A haunting work of stark confessionalism disguised as a taut noir thriller, In a Lonely Place -- Nicholas Ray's bleak, desperate tale of fear and self-loathing in Hollywood -- remains one of the filmmaker's greatest and most deeply resonant features. It stars Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele, a fading screenwriter suffering from creative burnout; hired to adapt a best-selling novel, instead of reading the book itself he asks the hat-check girl (Martha Stewart) at his favorite nightclub to simply tell ... Full Synopsis
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Produced by Humphrey Bogart's Santana Productions, Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place (1950) uses a murder mystery to delve into the questionable side of Hollywood violence and the potentially dangerous turmoil beneath Bogart's tough surface. Bogart's troubling performance as a man who seems to enjoy imagining murders of women a bit too much lends an eerie edge to his relationship with Gloria Grahame's ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Dixon Steele
Laurel Gray
Brub Nicolai
Capt. Lochner
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Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), 'In a Lonely Place' A Hollywood screenwriter on the skids, Dix...
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