Movie Review: In a Lonely Place (1950)
They'll rip your heart out, cook it and serve it up to you
Bogart was good, Grahame was good, but this movie was annoying. Unlike other reviewers who suggest that Bogart's character was flawed and unlikeable I couldn't get over the shift in Grahame's character Laurel. She started the movie as a tough, independent free-thinking woman but ended up listening to gossip and innuendo. It was like two different women. Especially as she starts off the movie with the knowledge that Bogart's Steele may have just murdered a girl. That's OK with Laurel, but after her masseuse has a few bitter words in her ear and the dumb wife of Steeles cop friend puts in her oar too she has doubts?
I see this as a classic 1950's womens movie, listen to your girl-friend's gossip and you'll lose your man. Sure I'm discounting Steele's aggression especially the over-the-top fight after the car smash. But really, that was over done.
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