Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Carl Benton Reid

Director: Nicholas Ray

Summary: A screenwriter is in need of an alibi after being charged with murder. Laurel Gray, a neighbour, comes to the rescue but their closeness leads to jealousy.

A hotheaded Hollywood screenwriter who'd sooner use his fists than his reason and his neighbor who has had her troubles in love and life, are drawn together when he is questioned for murder and she confirms his alibi. But, his volatile nature threatens to destroy their last chance at real love.

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One of the classics of the noirpsychological thriller, In a Lonely Placeis one of Humphrey Bogart's finest performances. He is almost unbearably intense as Dixon Steele, a screenwriter with high standards and a nasty temper who finds himself under suspicion when Mildred, a hat-check girl he knows, is found murdered. Immediately he gets an alibi from a neighbour, Laurel, and equally quickly, he recognises that this is a woman who meets his standards: the question is, as suspicion of his involvement in Mildred's death continues, can he make himself meet hers?

This is a wonderful study in trust and suspicion and the limits of love; Bogart's performance is impressive simply because he is prepared to go well over the limits of our sympathy in the name of emotional truth. The scene where he explains imaginatively to a cop and his wife how the murder might have happened is a spine-chilling, creepy portrait of amoral artistic brilliance. Gloria Grahame is equally fine as the woman who lets herself love him, for a while.

On the DVD:In a Lonely Placecomes with an excellent documentary in which Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential) explains the importance of the film to him and discusses its place in the work of Bogart and the director Nicholas Ray; there is also a quick interesting documentary about the restoration and digitisation of classic films. The film is presented with a visual aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and with restored Dolby Surround sound that does full justice to the film's snappy dialogue and the moody George Antheil score. --Roz Kaveney

Aspect Ratio:	1.33 Full Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer, Featurettes, Stills Gallery
Year:	1950
Release Date:	January 27, 2003
Runtime:	89 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 10656
Keywords:	Place, General, Lonely, Drama
Genre:	Drama