Lit To Lens

The guys discuss the classic film noir adaptation, IN A LONELY PLACE, based on the 1947 noir fiction novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. … In post World War II Los Angeles, Dix Steele is a former service member who roams the city at night, maybe or maybe not strangling women who cross his path. After reconnecting with his friend from the army, Brub, who is now a police detective, Dix offers to help him solve the case of a serial killer—risking revelations he may want to hide. Eventually, Dix’s neighbor, an actress named Laurel Gray and Brub's wife Sylvia become suspicious of Dix and they aid the forces of justice to close in on the killer without him being aware of it. Themes of gender relations, male loneliness in the wake of World War, and boozy cocktails feature prominently.  … The film adaptation was directed by Nicholas Ray and written by Andrew P. Solt and Edmund H. North. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame and Frank Lovejoy. The film is considered to be one of the major influences on the film n