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B-movie actress and Bogart neighbor Gloria Grahame tells the police that she saw the hat check girl leave his villa alone, giving him an alibi. Police captain Carl Benton Reid remains suspicious, as is (to a lesser degree) the investigating sergeant, Frank Lovejoy, and his wife Sylvia (Jeff Donnell). Even Bogart's aged agent, Art Smith, suspects Bogie did it.
The one person who believes Bogart is Grahame. She moves in with him, and rejuvenates his career. They are in love, but their relationship is soon threatened by flashes of Bogart's temper and his insistence upon a quick wedding.
How others will see it. This classic film noir has Bogart comfortably in the lead. Grahame, an intelligent version of Marilyn Monroe, is less well known today, but should be readily accepted by viewers. The story has its level of suspense, especially once it becomes obvious that Bogart's easygoing if boorish manner cedes quickly to violence when he doesn't get his way.
Bogart, of course, is too old to be well matched with Grahame, but is otherwise ideal for the role. The solution would have been to replace Grahame with someone like Bette Davis, which would have the additional advantage of providing Bogart with provocation for his fits of temper.
How I felt about it. In a Lonely Place has one obstacle to credibility: Grahame's romantic interest in Bogart. Not only is he some twenty years older, he's a murder suspect, and she has been warned about his temper. He is also pushy. All this should discourage Grahame from any relationship with Bogart, although it does seem that some women secretly hunger for this kind of man. Good luck to them, since they will need it.
Grahame is motivated by Bogart's sense of danger, which she believes (at first) she can control through kindness. What motivates Bogart? He is bitter about his career decline, and cynical about his line of work. He has two close friends he is protective of, an elderly agent and an alcoholic has-been actor. Certainly, he is attracted to hottie blonde Grahame, but his interest in her grows quickly because she caters to him. She prepares his meals, serves as an evening escort, and labors as his unpaid typist. She is his dream girl, and Bogart is sufficiently conceited to believe that he actually deserves her instead of a once-monthly weekend in jail.
Director Nicholas Ray cast his wife Gloria Grahame as the female lead, but their marriage disintegrated during the production. They were divorced in 1952. Grahame eventually married one of Ray's sons from a prior marriage. That marriage also ended in divorce.