Extended Reading
  • Dave 2022-05-11 21:25:27

    love by faith or faith by love

    The reason why Bogart is one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century is that he is good at expressing the great contrast between the appearance and the heart of the characters. In this film, the protagonist Steele played by Bogart is also such a character with great internal and external...

  • 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...

In a Lonely Place quotes

  • Dixon Steele: [as Mel enters the house he intoduces him to Laurel] Oh, come in. Mr. Lippman, my agent.

    [he introduces Laurel to Mel]

    Dixon Steele: Miss Gray, my alibi.

  • Dixon Steele: [to black man hosing down the sidewalk in front of the florist shop] Say, do me a favor, will you, pal?

    Flower Shop Employee: Yes, sir.

    Dixon Steele: I want to send two dozen white roses to a girl.

    Flower Shop Employee: Yes, sir. Do you want to write a card?

    Dixon Steele: No, there's no card. Her name's Mildred Atkinson.

    Flower Shop Employee: Mildred Atkinson. Yes, sir. What's her address?

    Dixon Steele: I don't know. Look it up in the papers. She was murdered last night.

    Flower Shop Employee: Yes, sir.