In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

  • Director: Nicholas Ray
  • Writer: Andrew Solt,Edmund H. North,Dorothy B. Hughes
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: August 1950
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Behind the Mask
  • "Late at Night" is a feature film directed by Nicholas Ray , starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame .
    The film tells the story of a playwright who is unfortunately involved in a murder case.

    Details

    • Release date August 1950
    • Filming locations City Hall - 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production companies Santana Pictures Corporation

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $21,493

    Movie reviews

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    • By Clementine 2022-11-14 04:34:12

      Fear eats the soul

      Bogart is really cynical.

      There was hardly a second of the first hour of play.

      Later when I played Gloria Grahame in the agony of fear, I thought she was pushing hard but not really hitting the mark.

      I'm intoxicated by that old alcoholic actor who said affectionately at Bogart's door: For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings, that then I scorn to change my state with kings.

      This sentence is taken from sonnet 29, Shakespeare's The influence of the...

    • By Donna 2022-09-20 06:57:56

      female audience perspective

      Empathy, as a female audience, the position is inevitably biased towards the female protagonist.
      The first half of the film is mostly from an objective perspective, and in the second half, in order to create a thrilling atmosphere, the subjective lens is moved to the heroine. The audience also turned from the perspective of God to the position of the heroine, re-examining the hero, and even the innocence setting in the first half became a little shaken. Of course, the audience will...

    • By Isom 2022-05-11 22:26:34

      Happily-ever-afters can't mitigate toxic masculinity

      There might be a handful of grammatical mistakes but it's too late for me to care...

      The Farewell

      I genuinely loved watching this film; the experience of which, without any exaggeration, is unprecedented for me in quite some time. It is not the typical Film Noir that is mostly centred around lies,...

    • By Rozella 2022-05-11 22:23:17

      Half angel and half devil, is such a man worthy of sympathy?

      This article was first published on the public account: Theater7

      "Three people become tigers", when people around you repeat lies in your ears again and again, one day you will believe it.

      Rating:...

    • By Lela 2022-05-11 22:17:22

      Grumpy Brother

      Nicholas Ray's films always focus on men with extremely unstable personalities, such as James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause", such as the middle-aged man in "Higher than Life" who is gradually blackened by the influence of drugs . In this film, Steele, the irritable and down-to-earth screenwriter played by Bogart, is also an unstable man. The woman he invited to his home to study the script was killed on his way home, and he became the first suspect. Neighbor Laurel came...

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    • By Kaci 2023-09-30 00:03:14

      "A good romance movie should have something other than love. For example, now, I'm making grapefruit juice, and you sit on the side with sleepy eyes. Anyone who sees this will say that they are very in love." "Your love kept me alive for a few weeks" at the end is beautiful. #PS. Teacher Cai is too...

    • By Ladarius 2023-08-22 21:14:20

      I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved...

    • By Kaitlin 2023-07-17 17:32:14

      #11thBJIFF# ​​As a noir alone, the suspense is not too complicated. You can guess the truth of the case when you see the middle section, so the viewing process is more like a type of on-the-spot mobilization through lighting, short-focus close-up, etc. The vocabulary reveals the fierce claws under the protagonist's rational appearance, and the theme seems to be the same as that of "Rage": how the distrust shrouded in doubts can destroy the rapidly unfolding romance, but the trend is more icy...

    • By Kale 2023-07-06 04:53:54

      A sad love film with a slightly dark look, but it responds to Bogart's own words - those who are good in love, talk outside of love. That twist-and-turn line is so funny. The marriage of the two was actually explained by a housekeeping woman who was always unable to vacuum because of the two people's work shifts. How humorous! The black-style lighting mainly appears in the suspenseful part, and the ultimate point is to fill in the gloomy plot of the crime scene; in addition, the romantic...

    • By Cathryn 2023-06-25 22:32:53

      Male pig writers are ugly and irritable, like stray dogs, and should not be rewarded well. The male pig was wrongly accused of killing the female reader. During the inquiry process, the female neighbor fell in love with him, and gradually discovered that he had made a bad decision to leave. When the male pig was provoked and planned to kill the female reader, the police informed the case that the case had been solved, but the man and the woman would not get back together. After reading it, I am...

    Movie plot

    Dixon Steele is a playwright who values ​​camaraderie but ostensibly cynical. Once, he was thinking about how to adapt a third-rate novel into a screenplay in the hotel. Mildred, the cloakroom manager, happened to read this book. To save trouble, he asked her to visit his house after get off work and tell him the story. hear. The next day, Mildred was found dead of murder. Neighbor Laurel Gray testified that Mildred did leave Steele's...
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    Evaluation action

    This film is a classic black thriller with Hollywood as the background. This film reflects not only the tragedy of two people, but also the tragedy of the times. In terms of subtlety and sharpness, this film is the best example. A first-class director and performance, Bogart's portrayal is in great contrast to previous roles. After World War II, the United States was shrouded in the shadow of the Cold War, and anti-communist political...
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    Movie quotes

    • Brub Nicolai: You know, I got married.

      Dixon Steele: Why?

      Brub Nicolai: Oh, I don't know. I guess she had a couple of bucks to spare.

    • Dixon Steele: [to Laurel] I've been looking for someone a long time... I didn't know her name or where she lived - I'd never seen her before. A girl was killed, and because of that, I found what I was looking for. Now I know your name, where you live, and how you look.

    • Laurel Gray: [on a scene in Dix's script] I love the love scene - it's very good.

      Dixon Steele: Well that's because they're not always telling each other how much in love they are. A good love scene should be about something else besides love. For instance, this one. Me fixing grapefruit. You sitting over there, dopey, half-asleep. Anyone looking at us could tell we're in love.