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In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

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In a Lonely Place

"The Bogart suspense picture with the surprise finish!"

1950

1h 33m

7.6(681 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Romance

Mystery

Overview

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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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

Charlie Waterman

Morris Ankrum

Morris Ankrum

Lloyd Barnes

William Ching

William Ching

Ted Barton

Creative team

Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Written by: Andrew Solt
Dorothy B. Hughes
Produced by: Robert Lord

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