In a Lonely Place (1950)

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A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. But she begins to have doubts... (imdb)

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Genres: Romance, Drama, Mystery

Country: USA

Directed By: Nicholas Ray

Written By: Andrew Solt, Edmund H. North, Dorothy B. Hughes

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

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Date	User	Rating
Sep 20	jphoff4	90 _64%
Sep 18	EmiGrecco	80 _0%
Sep 04	Pickle_Man	85 _65%
Aug 31	AFlickering	7 _96%
as autocritique it's sad, perverse: GG took the part out of necessity despite ray's controlling, demeaning contract and their impending divorce--soon he'd be living on the set while she was off banging his 13 yr old son. the lines blur between pleasure & horror, creation & destruction; he grabs her by the neck, snarls that he knows where she lives, they kiss passionately and he begins his masterpiece. love, violence & art: each a shot for the exit to our lonely place, each tragically interwoven.
Aug 17	Fulgance	90 _92%
Aug 13	ylajali	68 _64%
Aug 10	belfastboy	70 _65%
Aug 05	Bandy	82 _76%
Aug 04	hertzfeldts	69 _66%
Aug 04	Nacho353	60 _76%
It's fascinating in its really clear portrayal of a toxic relationship while not seeming to try to do so. Instead this toxicity seem to came very honestly from the times and people that made it (Ray and Grahame apparently were a toxic couple themselves while according to IMDb trivia Bogart was similar to this character IRL)
Jul 21	sheeper	80 _68%
Jul 19	Omid Ranjbar	61 _76%
Jul 18	mcirish52	90 _81%
Jul 15	pileofzack	91 _82%
Jul 15	JZ17	100 _95%
Jul 12	mostafarso	94 _86%
Jul 06	colmener2	100 _99%
Jul 06	colmener	100 _99%
Jul 05	zzzorf	70 _65%
Jul 04	kappeuter	70 _67%
Jun 25	Teproc	73 _81%
Jun 22	meesh	9 _96%
Jun 21	NathanBates	80 _75%
Bogart takes a disturbing turn as a explosively violent screenwriter; will his new (and beautiful) neighbor save him from himself? I was a little more focused on the murder mystery-that-wasn't, and wished there was a little more to make us really wonder. Strong performances with some memorably-quippy noir dialogue.
Jun 20	ZephSilver	70 _73%
Jun 15	perusegenes	96 _95%
Jun 13	Old_Spriggan	75 _60%
Jun 13	D Lightman	70 _70%
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Jun 06	TheShiznit	75 _97%
Jun 03	pinegrove	84 _90%
Jun 01	TheSean	70 _39%
Jun 01	natebarrios	75 _72%
I wanna praise how dark and twisted the story gets for a 1950s Hollywood system picture, or how genuinely murky the certainty of the viewer's judgment of these complex characters gets over time, or even that iconic line, but... I really just can't stop thinking about how his name is "Dix Steele"!
May 31	Bubu	87 _77%
May 27	Ammar44	85 _66%
May 15	tydmir	90 _90%
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Apr 12	shanebarlow3	61 _34%
Apr 11	derzulya	9 _96%
Apr 11	WWallce4prez	80 _71%
Bogart's short-fused Dixon has to be one of the most layered and troubled characters he has ever played. He isn't the good guy, but its tough to call him a villain when he seems to be the victim of his own doing. This is drama with a noir gloss that works really well.
Apr 06	istavritos	73 _49%
Apr 06	Triptolemos	30 _11%
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Oct 25, 2019	CosmicMonkey	85 _84%
By naming the main character Dixon Steele, or "Dicks", for short, author Dorothy B. Hughes and director Nicholas Ray are explicitly positioning Steele as a stand-in for all men and masculinity as a whole. Through a radical subversion of common genre tropes, they use the story and character as both a feminist critique of mid 20th-century gender politics generally, as well of the violently misogynist anti-heroes commonly found in noir genre specifically. In this essay I will
Oct 24, 2019	flipperrbm	7 _86%
Oct 21, 2019	Guy...	30 _52%
Oct 17, 2019	Nathan S	4 _75%
There is little doubt regarding the murder mystery, but that's a bit of plottiness peripheral to this film's primary concern as a character piece. Any way you slice it, Dix is the guiltiest guy who ever lived. He is preceded by a loaded reputation, and rightfully so. Masculinity is often subverted or come undone in films noir, but there's something special here; perhaps simply that Bogart didn't often portray as vulnerable or unsympathetic. The text is sharp, but occasionally overwrought.
Oct 14, 2019	FrankXVI	80 _70%
Oct 13, 2019	doomy1986	82 _86%
Oct 08, 2019	oskarhu	84 _90%
Sophisticated in its ways of creating tension, with great acting and a compelling narrative.
Oct 07, 2019	Jesus Rollin	12 _82%
Sep 30, 2019	robochaa	80 _71%
Sep 26, 2019	Midaso	7 _80%
Sep 22, 2019	Blondone86	70 _38%
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Aug 26, 2019	lance20000	90 _79%
Aug 23, 2019	fluland	83 _77%
Aug 22, 2019	gurkov	60 _38%
Aug 16, 2019	Judo Koala	67 _27%
Contrary to the poster's excitable promises, there's little suspense and surprise to be had here. Bogart's antihero qualities are intriguing, but beyond that -- snooze.
Aug 16, 2019	Eda A.	91 _96%
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May 15, 2019	Shitbanger	88 _75%
Exactly 30 minutes till we meet the end, when Mister Bogart is proposing to Gloria, just pay attention how he's presenting the character to us with his body language, more specifically his hands. What An amazing actor.
May 13, 2019	JLCME20	85 _82%
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Mar 13, 2019	Wolfbrother	90 _81%
Mar 13, 2019	Philosofem	79 _71%
Mar 09, 2019	Wulf	70 _70%
Mar 05, 2019	mate_cosido	90 _91%
Mar 03, 2019	Brewster	100 _99%
Feb 25, 2019	Bartbaard	40 _15%
Dull. I didn't like this that much. Even though plotwise it's fine, the story itself could have been much better executed. Characters are very one dimensional. A lot of character flaws are explained in the way of 'they've always been that way' instead of actually confronting them about it. That could have given the film more foothold and would have made a much more interesting experience. Guess I'm just not that much a fan of noir films, but this highlight stuck with me "flight 16 phonecall"
Feb 21, 2019	MortSahlFan	70 _53%
Feb 10, 2019	ironagepig	91 _85%
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Feb 06, 2019	finchereznor	80 _65%
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Feb 02, 2019	JC1512	72 _54%
Feb 01, 2019	hypnotoad1	87 _78%
Jan 23, 2019	Little-Fleck	53 _29%
Jan 20, 2019	kito1	50 _25%
It's alright to pass the time and look at some old interiors. Nothing outstanding or remarkable happens here.
Jan 19, 2019	jokevv	70 _75%
Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	90 _88%
Jan 15, 2019	CoffeeMage	80 _70%
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Sep 30, 2018	TheBreather	80 _72%
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Sep 18, 2018	sofad	80 _71%
Sep 16, 2018	rosenritter	6 _50%
There's a murder, but it's not a murder mystery; rather a character study, and an exploration of how the qualities of a leading man and the expressions of psychopathy can be one and the same. It's interesting, but I wasn't really entertained. Picks up in the last third, leading up to a subdued and melancholy ending (notably improvised on set, the original ending having been discarded last minute) that drives home where the real lonely place is.
Sep 13, 2018	sunno	6 _45%
Sep 13, 2018	robertds413	77 _27%
Sep 12, 2018	peyrin	50 _22%
Between the meta Hollywood commentary, the whodunit, and the tragic love story, the film takes on quite a bit more than it can handle. In other words, this is just boneless Sunset Boulevard.
Sep 09, 2018	edmola	85 _83%
Aug 22, 2018	cascade	78 _82%
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Aug 01, 2018	kafka1325	72 _88%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	70 _49%
Jul 23, 2018	Zarkon	87 _80%
Due to the Hayes Code and the general sensitivities at the time, Bogart is a "theatrical" jerk: while this is one of his more darker roles, we are forced to accept that he could potentially be a murderer based on a series of hearsay and what is now fairly tame on-screen behavior. It's one of those films where I would welcome a more modern, rawer portrayal. It certainly ends on a high note, though the phone as a device to build tension was already done in Sorry, Wrong Number with Burt Lancaster.
Jul 15, 2018	Squin	73 _43%
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May 14, 2018	tipar	60 _68%
Not that bad although the plot is somehow tricky because it is not exactly a murder mystery/whodunit is more a satire about Hollywood world.
May 13, 2018	HoneyB	100 _99%
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