In a Lonely Place

Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

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

Director	Nicholas Ray
Producer	Henry S. Kesler; Robert Lord
Writer	Dorothy B. Hughes; Edmund H. North; Andrew Solt

Screenwriter Dixon Steele, faced with the odious task of scripting a trashy bestseller, has hat-check girl Mildred Atkinson tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is murdered and Steele is a prime suspect; his record of belligerence when angry and his macabre sense of humor tell against him. Fortunately, lovely neighbor Laurel Gray gives him an alibi. Laurel proves to be just what Steele needed, and their friendship ripens into love. Will suspicion, doubt, and Steele's inner demons come between them?