Cert PG
ABCD FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS
29/02/24 at 7.30pm in the Roysse Room, The Guildhall, Bridge Street, Abingdon
IN A LONELY PLACE (USA, 1950, 105mins, Cert PG) Possibly Nicholas Ray’s best film, with brilliant performances from Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, this is a fascinating noir-ish drama. In one of his most nuanced performances, Bogart plays an emotionally unstable screenwriter who, after becoming a murder suspect, is given an alibi by his glamorous neighbour (Grahame) which leads to romance – with dark overtones. Cineasts will note that, despite their obvious on-screen chemistry in this film, Bogart and Grahame never worked together again – a great loss to all their ardent fans!