In a Lonely Place
The Bogart suspense picture with the surprise finish!
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A noir-inflected psychological thriller about a volatile screenwriter and his neighbor whose romantic bond corrodes under the weight of suspicion, jealousy, and the question of whether he might be guilty after all.
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
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