Label

In a lonely place

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Andrew Solt ; adaptation by Edmund H. North ; a Santana production ; produced by Robert Lord ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Creator

In a lonely place (Motion picture)

Contributor

Actor

Adapter

North, Edmund H., 1911-1990

Screenwriter

Solt, Andrew, 1916-1990

Director

Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979

Producer

Lord, Robert, 1900-1976

Subject

Genre

Language

spa
eng
fre
eng
eng
fre
jpn
kor
por
eng

Summary

Dixon Steele is an alcoholic screenwriter who has some success but is now in the midst of a long dry spell. One of his neighbors is Laurel Gray, a would-be actress and a smart cookie. Steele is a bitter, angry man who succeeds in insulting everyone he sees while drinking at noon in his usual hangout. Dix has taken a job adapting a trashy novel for the screen--but he doesn't want to read the book. The celebrity-obsessed coat check girl at his hangout has, however, and is happy to come home with him and give him a synopsis. Abruptly woken at 5:00 AM by a police detective, Dix learns that the girl was found murdered, and he was the last person to see her alive. Laurel gives him an alibi, and they begin seeing each other. Is Dix a lovable rebel, a disillusioned, cynical know-it-all, or a cold-blooded killer? How much danger will Laurel be in if she attempts to find out?

Member of

Criterion collection, 810

Cataloging source

EHI

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; art director, Robert Peterson ; film editor, Viola Lawrence ; gowns, Jean Louis ; musical score, George Antheil ; musical director, Morris Stoloff

Date time place

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1950

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Korean; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks

Runtime

94

Series statement

Criterion collection

Series volume

v. 810

Technique

live action

In a lonely place

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In a lonely place

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The work In a lonely place represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.