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A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.


“The Bogart suspense picture with the surprise finish!”
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

Humphrey Bogart
Dixon Steele

Gloria Grahame
Laurel Gray

Frank Lovejoy
Brub Nicolai

Carl Benton Reid
Capt. Lochner

Art Smith
Mel Lippman

Jeff Donnell
Sylvia Nicolai

Martha Stewart
Mildred Atkinson

Robert Warwick
Charlie Waterman

Morris Ankrum
Lloyd Barnes

William Ching
Ted Barton
In a Lonely Place is a thriller, drama, romance, mystery film released in 1950 exploring themes of beach, screenwriter, assault, film noir, murder, hollywood. Directed by Nicholas Ray, it stars Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy. A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
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