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In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

Thriller · Drama · Romance · 1950

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

Movie details

In a Lonely Place

“The Bogart suspense picture with the surprise finish!”

1950 Thriller · Drama · Romance 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.9 / 10

36.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

96 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

7.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over In a Lonely Place?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nicholas Ray

Written by

Andrew Solt · Dorothy B. Hughes

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Dixon Steele

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Laurel Gray

Frank Lovejoy

Frank Lovejoy

Brub Nicolai

Carl Benton Reid

Carl Benton Reid

Capt. Lochner

Art Smith

Art Smith

Mel Lippman

Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

Sylvia Nicolai

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

Mildred Atkinson

Court is in session

Put In a Lonely Place on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.