In a Lonely Place

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In a Lonely Place is a 1950 film noir drama starring Humphrey Bogart as a troubled screenwriter suspected of murder, noted for its dark psychological complexity and cynical view of Hollywood and relationships.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film
film
film noir
basedOn In a Lonely Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: In a Lonely Place (novel)
basedOnAuthor Dorothy B. Hughes
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Burnett Guffey
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Nicholas Ray
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
editedBy Viola Lawrence
filmEra classic Hollywood era
filmRating critically acclaimed
genre crime drama
film noir
psychological drama
hasTheme alienation
mistrust in relationships
violence and suspicion
includedIn classic film noir canon
leadActorCharacter Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele
leadActressCharacter Gloria Grahame
surface form: Gloria Grahame as Laurel Gray
mainCharacter Dixon Steele
Coleen Gray
surface form: Laurel Gray
musicBy George Antheil
narrativeFocus cynical view of Hollywood
cynical view of romantic relationships
dark psychological complexity
notableFor critique of the Hollywood studio system
portrayal of paranoia and violence
originalLanguage English
portrays troubled screenwriter suspected of murder
producer Robert Lord
productionCompany Santana Productions
releaseDate 1950-05-17
releaseYear 1950
runtimeMinutes 94
screenwriter Andrew P. Solt NERFINISHED
Edmund H. North NERFINISHED
setIn Hollywood
Los Angeles
starring Art Smith
Carl Benton Reid
Frank Lovejoy
Gloria Grahame NERFINISHED
Humphrey Bogart
Jeff Donnell

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In a Lonely Place basedOn In a Lonely Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: In a Lonely Place (novel)
To Have and Have Not hasAdaptation In a Lonely Place
this entity surface form: The Breaking Point (1950 film)
Gloria Grahame notableWork In a Lonely Place
Humphrey Bogart notableWork In a Lonely Place