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 killer.

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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 killer. Eventually, however, actress Laurel Grey and the detective's wife discover that Steele himself is the murderer. In the novel, Hughes provides a psychological portrait of a woman-hating serial killer and rapist, and exposes the misogyny of American society at that time. The film differs from the novel in several substantial ways. For example, in the film Steele is innocent of the murders he's suspected of committing, and is sincere in his desire to be a successful screenwriter; in the novel, he is a violent sociopath who claims to be a crime novel writer in order to sponge off of relatives.
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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 killer.
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