In a Lonely Place (1950)
Average Rating: 8.6/10
Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 8.3/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 0
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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
May 17, 1950 Wide
Mar 18, 2003
Columbia Pictures
Cast
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Humphrey Bogart
Dixon Steele -
Gloria Grahame
Laurel Gray -
Frank Lovejoy
Brub Nicolai -
Carl Benton Reid
Capt. Lochner -
Robert Warwick
Charlie Waterman -
Jeff Donnell
Sylvia Nicolai -
Art Smith
Mel Lippman -
Martha Stewart
Mildred Atkinson -
Morris Ankrum
Lloyd Barnes -
William Ching
Ted Barton -
Steven Geray
Paul -
Hadda Brooks
Singer -
Alice Talton
Frances Randolph -
Jack Reynolds
Henry Kesler -
Ruth Warren
Effie -
Ruth Gillette
Martha -
Guy Beach
Swan -
Lewis Howard
Junior -
David Bond
Dr. Richards -
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Charles Cane
Person -
Arno Frey
Joe -
Billy Gray
Young Boy -
Myron Healey
Post Office Clerk -
Robert Lowell
Airline Clerk -
Frank Marlowe
Person -
John Mitchum
Person -
Michael Romanoff
Himself -
Cosmo Sardo
Bartender -
June Vincent
Person -
Allen Pinson
Person -
Davis Roberts
Person -
Oliver Cross
Person -
Hazel Boyne
Person -
Michael Lally
Person -
Jack Santoro
Person -
Pat Barton
2nd Hatcheck Girl -
Joy Hallward
Person -
Jack Jahries
Officer -
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George Davis
Waiter
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All Critics (33) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (1) | DVD (7)
The genre trappings of this noir masterpiece -- which details the short-lived relationship between live-wire screenwriter Dixon Steele (Bogart) and his goldilocked muse Laurel Gray (Grahame) -- don't matter a whit.
Top CriticThe grayest, most morally ambiguous of film noirs -- and arguably the most self-reflexive.
It's a breathtaking work, and a key citation in the case for confession as suitable material for art.
Director Nicholas Ray maintains nice suspense. Bogart is excellent. Gloria Grahame, as his romance, also rates kudos.
Never were despair and solitude so romantically alluring.
A superior cut of melodrama.
Bogie the superstar laid bare by Nicholas Ray's scrutiny, the legendary persona eroded to reveal the desolating macho violence
Disturbing look at a violent man.
For many admirers In a Lonely Place is the ultimate inside-Hollywood sour-grape ball, eclipsing even Sunset Boulevard.
Grim and haunting, this quintessentially film noir boasts iconic performances from Bogart and Gloria Grahame and is one of the most personal, deeply felt works by Nicholas Ray.
Nicholas Ray's 1950 film deserves to be better known; it's one of Hollywood's finest examinations of masculinity.
grim and glorious
Ray wrings plenty of sweat from the Hitchcockian premise, and Bogart outdoes himself as a man mid-breakdown.
As compelling now as the day it was released.
It's a truly great film.
One of the best--and most underrated--noirs.
Audience Reviews for In a Lonely Place
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- Dixon Steele: There is no sacrifice too great for a chance at immortality."
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- Dixon Steele: I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
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Foreign Titles
- In a Lonely Place (UK)
- In a Lonely Place (1950) (CA)
