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In a Lonely Place

1950

Nicholas Ray

Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid ...

7.9

8,889

Film noir. Mystery. Drama 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
Spain	FilmAffinity	In 2007 the film was selected (Won the National Film Registry) by The National Film Preservation Board founded by the Library of Congress. Dixon Steeele (Bogart): "I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me".	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Carefully constructed by Bogart, who produced it (...) This is a crisp black-and-white film with an almost ruthless efficiency of style (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"Ray understands the effects of environment on the human condition (...) One of Ray’s smartest and most devastating masterpieces (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Masterpiece (...) 'In A Lonely Place' arguably features [Bogart's] finest performance —at the very least, it’s his most unnerving."	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"One of the darkest, harshest, and most devastating love stories ever made (...) Few movies suggest such a forthright flaying of the director’s soul."	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"The most complex characterisation of Bogart's career is the centrepiece of this involved and sophisticated film noir (...) Tremendously effective (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety	"Director Nicholas Ray maintains nice suspense. Bogart is excellent. Gloria Grahame, as his romance, also rates kudos."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Ray's classic thriller remains as fresh and resonant as the day it was released (...) Never were despair and solitude so romantically alluring."	POS
United Kingdom	Adrian Turner Radio Times	"This dark, gripping film noir is one of the best dramas ever made about the movie industry (...) Bogart is both sympathetic and sinister at the same time (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"It's a breathtaking work, and a key citation in the case for confession as suitable material for art."	POS

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