In a lonely place / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screenplay by Andrew Solt ; produced by Robert Lord ; directed by Nicholas Ray ; adaptation by Edmund H. North.
Edition:
Blu-ray edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Title from container. Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart. Based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: New audio commentary featuring film scholar Dana Polan; "I'm a stranger here myself," a 1975 documentary about director Nicholas Ray; new interview with Vincent Curio about actor Gloria Grahame; piece from 2002 featuring filmmaker Curtis Hanson; radio adaptation from 1948; trailer; essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Summary:
A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later the night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele who has a history of violent behavior becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor who is attracted to him lies to the police providing them with an alibi. Is he innocent or not?
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