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In a lonely place

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 that night, Mildred is found m...

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Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Santana Pictures Corporation
Other Authors: Solt, Andrew, 1916-1990 (Screenwriter), North, Edmund H., 1911-1990 (Screenwriter), Lord, Robert, 1900-1976 (Film producer), Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979 (Film director), Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 (Actor), Grahame, Gloria (Actor), Lovejoy, Frank, 1912-1962 (Actor), Reid, Carl Benton, 1893-1973 (Actor), Smith, Art, 1899-1973 (Actor), Donnell, Jeff, 1921-1988 (Actor), Stewart, Martha, 1922-2021 (Actor), Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964 (Actor), Ankrum, Morris, 1897-1964 (Actor), Ching, William, 1913-1989 (Actor), Geray, Steven, 1904-1973 (Actor), Brooks, Hadda (Actor), Guffey, Burnett (director of photography.), Lawrence, Viola, 1894-1973 (Editor of moving image work), Antheil, George, 1900-1959 (composer (expression)), Stoloff, Morris, 1898-1980 (Musical director), Peterson, Robert, 1909-1979 (Art director), Kiernan, William (Set designer), Louis, Jean, 1907-1997 (Costume designer), Polan, Dana B., 1953- (Commentator), Smith, Imogen Sara (Writer of supplementary textual content), Hughes, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Belle), 1904-1993
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 810.
Subjects:
Murder > Investigation > Drama.
Screenwriters > Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
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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 that 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 him with an alibi. Is he innocent or not?
Item Description:"Based upon a story by Dorothy B. Hughes"--Credits.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
Special features: commentary featuring film scholar Dana Polan; I'm a stranger here myself: 1975 documentary about director Nicholas Ray; Gloria Grahame: interview with Vincent Curio about actress Gloria Grahame; In a Lonely Place revisited: piece from 2002 featuring filmmaker Curtis Hanson; Suspense, episode 287 radio adaptation from 1948; trailer; essay An epitaph for love by film critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 pages)
Playing Time:01:33:00
Format:DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, Viola Lawrence ; musical score, George Antheil ; musical director, Morris Stoloff ; art director, Robert Peterson ; set decorator, William Kiernan ; gowns by Jean Louis.
ISBN:9781681431499
1681431491

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