| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital sound; full screen presentation. |
| Note |
Based upon a story by Dorothy B. Hughes. |
| Cast |
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; art director, Robert Peterson ; film editor, Viola Lawrence ; gowns, Jean Louis ; musical score, George Antheil ; musical director, Morris Stoloff. |
| Event |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1950. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Dixon Steele is an alcoholic screenwriter who has some success but is now in the midst of a long dry spell. One of his neighbors is Laurel Gray, a would-be actress and a smart cookie. Steele is a bitter, angry man who succeeds in insulting everyone he sees while drinking at noon in his usual hangout. Dix has taken a job adapting a trashy novel for the screen--but he doesn't want to read the book. The celebrity-obsessed coat check girl at his hangout has, however, and is happy to come home with him and give him a synopsis. Abruptly woken at 5:00 AM by a police detective, Dix learns that the girl was found murdered, and he was the last person to see her alive. Laurel gives him an alibi, and they begin seeing each other. Is Dix a lovable rebel, a disillusioned, cynical know-it-all, or a cold-blooded killer? How much danger will Laurel be in if she attempts to find out? |
| Contents |
Start -- Dixon Steele, screenwriter -- Popcorn salesmen -- Mildred Atkinson, storyteller -- Sgt. Brub Nicolai -- Capt. Lochner -- Laurel Gray -- Mel Lippman, agent -- Notes on Dixon Steele -- Good neighbor policy -- Visualizing the crime -- Late date with Laurel -- Snooping in broad daylight -- Charlie Waterman, thespian -- Warning Laurel -- "I hadn't anyone till you" -- Martha and her angel -- Beach party -- Acting like a maniac -- "I was born when she kissed me." -- Much more logical candidate -- Something strange about Dix -- Nightmares -- "She takes pills." -- Good love scene -- "I can't marry him." -- Engagement party -- End of the affair. |
| Note |
Special features: "In a Lonely Place" : Revisited [featurette] (20 min.); "In a Lonely Place" : Restoration story [featurette] (5 min.); The Bogart Collection [advertisement] (4 min.); Trailers (5 min.). |
| Language |
In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Korean; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Screenwriters -- Drama.
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Alcoholism -- Drama.
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Actresses -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama.
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Hughes, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Belle), 1904-1993 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Solt, Andrew. Screenwriter.
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North, Edmund H., 1911-1990. Adapter.
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Lord, Robert, 1900-1976. Producer.
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Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979. Director.
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Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957. Actor.
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Grahame, Gloria. Actor.
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Lovejoy, Frank, 1912-1962. Actor.
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Reid, Carl Benton, 1893-1973. Actor.
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Smith, Art, 1899-1973. Actor.
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Donnell, Jeff, 1921-1988. Actor.
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Stewart, Martha, 1922-2021. Actor.
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Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964. Actor.
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Ankrum, Morris, 1897-1964. Actor.
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Ching, William, 1913-1989. Actor.
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Geray, Steven, 1904-1973. Actor.
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Brooks, Hadda. Actor.
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Hughes, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Belle), 1904-1993.
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Columbia Pictures Corporation.
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Santana Pictures Corporation.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0767882911 |
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9780767882910 |
| Standard No. |
043396078963 |
| Music No. |
07896 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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