Review of In a Lonely Place (1950) by Padraig W — 31 Oct 2007
This is a fascinating film. Bogart gives a remarkably complex character study of a man locked inside his own anger. The resolution of the morality play is superb. Bogart is proven innocent, but it is a hollow empty outcome because it is achieved after his failings have lost him his one true chance of happiness.
If a good movie should reach a conclusion that "things would never be the same again", then this is the epitome of that. Nicholas Ray was the director of the 1950's. This is his best movie.
This review of In a Lonely Place (1950) was written by Padraig W on 31 Oct 2007.
In a Lonely Place has generally received very positive reviews.
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