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In a Lonely Place is a 1947 novel by mystery writer Dorothy B. Hughes. It was made into the classic film noir In a Lonely Place starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in 1950. The novel is a noir set in post World War II Los Angeles. Dix Steele, the novel's main character, is an ex-airman who roams Los Angeles at night. He offers to help a detective friend solve the case of a serial strangler. Actress Laurel Grey and the detective's wife expose Steele as a murderer.[1] In the novel, Hughes provides a psychological portrait of a serial rapist-murderer,[2] and exposes the misogyny of American society at that time.[1] The film differs from the novel in several substantial ways. For example, Steele a screenwriter and is not guilty of murder in the film.[3][4]
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- ^ a b In a Lonely Place, The Feminist Press at the City University of New York.
- ^ Weitzman, Erica, 2003-10-09, The Girls in 3-B / In a Lonely Place / Skyscraper, Popmatters.
- ^ Black, David A., 1999, Law in Film, University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252067657.
- ^ Telotte, J. P., 1989, Voices in the Dark: The Narrative Patterns of Film Noir, University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252060563.
