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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 pages)
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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 the 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?
Based upon a story by Dorothy B. Hughes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950
Special features: (DVD) 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: revisted" piece from 2002 featuring filmmaker Curtis Hanson; "Suspense, episode 287" radio adaptation from 1948; Trailer. (Insert) Essay "An epitaph for love" by film critic Imogen Sara Smith
Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; art director, Robert Peterson ; film editor, Viola Lawrence ; set decorator, William Kiernan ; gowns by Jean Louis ; musical score, George Antheil ; musical director, Morris Stoloff
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono
In English with optional English SDH subtitles