The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place… Especially for one to come out of the studio system at its … In a Lonely Place is a gripping story, but Hughes was too talented, ambitious, and grounded to play it merely for suspense….as Megan Abbott points out in her splendidly perceptive afterword, Hughes takes the gender clichés of noir and turns them on their head.” —John Powers, NPR In a Lonely Place (1950) savagely sketches the vulgarity and shallowness of Tinseltown—the autograph hunters, the crassly arrogant stars, the vacuous audience and the moneymen eager to feed its appetite. In a Lonely Place is a true post-war noir novel.The society within the novel matches the society of America during the late 1940's and early 50's. I was born the day I met you, Lived a little when you loved me, Died a little when we broke apart. But what makes this a heartbreaking tragedy instead of a jaded satire is that, beneath its bruised … Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. In a Lonely Place is a gripping story, but Hughes was too talented, ambitious, and grounded to play it merely for suspense….as Megan Abbott points out in her splendidly perceptive afterword, Hughes takes the gender clichés of noir and turns them on their head." "In a Lonely Place" is a song by the American alternative rock group The Smithereens, released in 1986. —John Powers, NPR I walk the streets alone at night sometimes and think about you. Copyright © All Rights Reserved. I don’t want to say too much more about the plot as it might spoil things, but it’s pretty suspenseful right to the end. Recent reviews More. - Joy Division / New Order.In remembrance of Ian Curtis: 15 July 1956 - 18 May 1980.A fan of Joy Division? When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. This novel, like many other noir novels, focuses on the male perspective. In a Lonely Place is a fascinatingly perverse murder mystery as well as a romantic drama. Review by Matthew Jones ★★★★★ Doom-laden and painfully romantic, Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place is unlike any film noir ever made. The characterisation is excellent, complex and subtle in its execution. Humphrey Bogart stars as Dixon Steele, a down-on-his-luck studio scribe who reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. 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