In A Lonely Place

Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame   d/ Nicholas Ray

Wow this was a surprise. Film from 1950 about a psychologically wounded screenwriter who is prone to violent outbreaks, meets a beautiful woman who brings him back to productiveness and then turns badly on her, everyone else and walks away alone, never to have a chance at redemption again.

Bleak outlook, noirish setting(LA, mostly at night), extremely skilled leads. As lacerating a performance as any Bogie did...even more painful and revealing than his Fred C. Dobbs two years before.

Protagonists in torment, alienated and isolated were a Ray specialty. This was one of his best. A largely forgotten treasure.

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