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In a Lonely Place (1950)

NR ★ 7.6/10 93 min Thriller, Drama, Romance, Mystery United States English
Director: Nicholas Ray
Adaptation: Edmund H. North
Screenplay by: Andrew Solt
Story by: Dorothy B. Hughes
Streaming: Not available
The Bogart suspense picture with the surprise finish!

Description

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

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Top Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart Dixon Steele
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame Laurel Gray
Frank Lovejoy
Frank Lovejoy Brub Nicolai
Carl Benton Reid
Carl Benton Reid Capt. Lochner
Art Smith
Art Smith Mel Lippman
Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell Sylvia Nicolai
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Mildred Atkinson
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick Charlie Waterman

In a Lonely Place Appears on 14 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #773
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #806
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #342
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #217

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films
BBC #89
Paste Magazine The 100 Best Film Noirs Of All Time
Paste Magazine #22
Paste Magazines 100 Best Films Of The 1950s
Paste Magazine #35
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #153
Slashfilms 95 Best Thrillers Ever Made
SlashFilm #41
Vulture's 101 Best Movie Endings
Vulture #09

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #132

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1950-1959 Films
Letterboxd #39
Showdown Sin City
Letterboxd Showdown #06
Showdown The Garden Of Words
Letterboxd Showdown #11

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