In a lonely place

Author

Nicholas Ray

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, OSH)

Edition

DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (93 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor with her own troubled past.

Notes

Based upon a story by Dorothy B. Hughes.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration ; new audio commentary featuring film scholar Dana Polan ; I'm a stranger here myself, a 1975 documentary about director Nicholas Ray, slightly condensed for this release ; new interview with biographer Vincent Curio about actor Gloria Grahame ; piece from 2002 featuring filmmaker Curtis Hanson ; radio adaptation from 1948 of the original Dorothy B. Hughes novel, broadcast on the program Suspense ; trailer.