
Screenwriter Dixon Steele, faced with the odious task of scripting a trashy bestseller, has hat-check girl Mildred Atkinson tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is murdered and Steele is a prime suspect; his record of belligerence when angry and his macabre sense of humor tell against him. Fortunately, lovely neighbor Laurel Gray gives him an alibi. Laurel proves to be just what Steele needed, and their friendship ripens into love. Will suspicion, do... (Full plot summary below)
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Screenwriter Dixon Steele, faced with the odious task of scripting a trashy bestseller, has hat-check girl Mildred Atkinson tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is murdered and Steele is a prime suspect; his record of belligerence when angry and his macabre sense of humor tell against him. Fortunately, lovely neighbor Laurel Gray gives him an alibi. Laurel proves to be just what Steele needed, and their friendship ripens into love. Will suspicion, doubt, and Steele's inner demons come between them?
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| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeTough as nails thriller with a dynamite noir feel. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawHumphrey Bogart's world-weariness and romanticism take on something brutal and misogynist in this 1950 noir masterpiece directed by Nicholas Ray - and it's a marvellous performance by Gloria Grahame. |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearA volatile Bogart drops the charm to deliver perhaps his finest performance. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawIt's a deeply Freudian film that happens to understand Freud--testament to its enduring, unshakable nature. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickachieves an absolutely unrelenting grip because Ray plays so expertly on our associations, turning them inside out and against us |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Josef BraunI've been returning to this Lonely Place for at least a dozen years, and it hasn't let go of me yet. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanThe grayest, most morally ambiguous of film noirs -- and arguably the most self-reflexive. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezLike Albert Camus' The Stranger, In a Lonely Place is the epitome of existentialist primers. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.Humphrey Bogart gives the performance of his career. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA top-notch film noir about the loneliness and despair in Tinseltown... |