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17 May 1950 (USA) moreTagline:
THE BOGART SUSPENSE PICTURE WITH THE SURPRISE FINISH - (original poster)Plot:
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. But she begins to have doubts... full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
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Essential Bogie more (96 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Humphrey Bogart | ... | Dixon Steele | |
| Gloria Grahame | ... | Laurel Gray | |
| Frank Lovejoy | ... | Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai | |
| Carl Benton Reid | ... | Capt. Lochner | |
| Art Smith | ... | Agent Mel Lippman | |
| Jeff Donnell | ... | Sylvia Nicolai | |
| Martha Stewart | ... | Mildred Atkinson | |
| Robert Warwick | ... | Charlie Waterman | |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Lloyd Barnes | |
| William Ching | ... | Ted Barton | |
| Steven Geray | ... | Paul, Headwaiter | |
| Hadda Brooks | ... | Singer |
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94 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Certification:
Norway:16 | USA:Approved (certificate #14256) | UK:PG (video rating) (1990) | UK:A (original rating) (passed with cuts) | UK:PG (tv rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18Fun Stuff
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Henry Kesler is the name of the executive producer of the film, as well as Mildred's boyfriend in the movie. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When he stands up after falls in the Dixon's apartment, Charles has his coat and tie untidy. In the following shot, when he is embraced with Dixon, his coat and tie are completely neat. moreSoundtrack:
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Bogart is at his uncompromisingly dark best as the Hollywood writer whose temper leads to accusations of murder and conflicted relationships. By turns charming, cold, romantic and remorseful, Dix Steele is as unpredictable a character as Bogie has ever played.
He shows no emotion on learning that Mildred - the innocent he has just met - has been killed, and those who know him accept his violent nature as simply part of the Steele package. But thanks to the skill of Bogie and director Ray, the audience never entirely loses sympathy for him. The moments of tenderness he shows to his alibi-turned-lover Laurel (an ethereal Gloria Grahame; imagine Hope Davis glammed-up for the 50s) alternate with fits of anger to turn their relationship into that of a tragic poem.
In A Lonely Place is film noir that focuses on romance rather than crime. The reasons for Mildred's murder are never satisfactorily made clear, but it doesn't really matter. The movie asks whether love and trust are earned by what a person says or what they do. And in the end, actions speak louder than words.