In a Lonely Place

Out of work screenwriter, Dixon Steele—Humphrey Bogart, in an uncharacteristically vulnerable performance—is the prime suspect in a horrifying Hollywood murder and the only person who can provide a solid alibi for him is Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame, The Bad and the Beautiful), a neighbor with a complicated and troubled past. Nicholas Ray’s (Rebel Without a Cause, Johnny Guitar) emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller of the same name, is a wild mix of white-knuckle noir and devastating melodrama, led by rock solid performances from the film’s stars. An uncompromising tale of two people desperately struggling with their demons and each other, this is one of the greatest films of the 1950s, and a benchmark in the career of the legendary Hollywood auteur, Ray.