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In a Lonely Place (1950)

Director(s) Nicholas Ray
Producer(s) Robert Lord, Henry S. Kesler
Top Genres Drama, Film Adaptation, Film Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller/Suspense
Top Topics Book-Based
More Films Directed by Nicholas Ray More Films Produced by Henry S. Kesler More Films from 1950 More Films from the 1950s Top Classic Movies of the 1950s Top Book-Based Films

In a Lonely Place Overview:

In a Lonely Place (1950) was a Film Noir - Drama Film directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Robert Lord and Henry S. Kesler .

In a Lonely Place was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007.

In a Lonely Place BlogHub Articles:

Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame find themselves “In a Lonely Place”

By Stephen Reginald on Feb 27, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame find themselves “In a Lonely Place” In a Lonely Place (1950) is an American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Graham. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes published in 1947. ... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

on Jul 27, 2019 From The Stop Button

Watching the opening titles of In a Lonely Place, I wished the design had allowed for it to appear like it was saying “Humphrey Bogart in A Lonely Place.” Just because. But it doesn’t. And wouldn’t really be appropriate either as it’s unclear, some ninety minutes later, if Bogart was indee... Read full article

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In a Lonely Place Facts
David Bond, as the doctor, has the first part of his one line dubbed by another actor - with a non-American accent - while the remainder of his line is in Bond's own very American voice.
Though the title and characters are based on Dorothy B. Hughes's novel, the biggest difference between book and movie is that in the movie Dixon Steele, though violent, is only accused of being a murderer while in the book he is a serial killer and rapist. Director Nicholas Ray claimed that he made the change because he was "more interested in doing a film about the violence in all of us, rather than a mass murder film or one about a psychotic." Hughes was never bothered by the changes from her novel and praised Gloria Grahame's performance.
Robert Warwick and Humphrey Bogart worked together in 1922 in the stage play Drifting. Producer/star Bogart never forgot the kindness Warwick showed to him as a young actor and made Andrew Solt write a role for Warwick, who was then struggling.
In the original ending and the final shooting script, Dix actually did kill Laurel in the heat of their argument. Martha comes and discovers the body as Dix silently types his script. Later, when his detective friend comes to arrest him, Dix says that he's almost done with his script. There is a close-up of the last page of the script, echoing the words Dix said in the car to Laurel: "I was born when she kissed me, I died when she left me, I live a few weeks while she loved me." It is said that this scene was filmed, but before it could be shown to a test audience, director Nicholas Ray shot a new ending because he wasn't pleased with the scripted ending - he didn't want to think that violence was the only way out of this situation. He cleared the set, including Lauren Bacall, who was visiting her husband on-set at the time, except for Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Art Smith - who ended up not being used in the final scene filmed - plus the camera and sound men. They improvised the ending that is seen in the final cut.
Although Gloria and Bogie were 24 years apart in age, they both died at the age of 57.
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