The 15 Best Humphrey Bogart Movie Moments

Nicholas Ray's dark and brooding masterpiece 'In A Lonely Place' may not feature all of the genre's must-haves, but it's still a film noir through and through , with a jet-black, poetic script, with lines like, "I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me. "

Bogart is at his most acerbic and callous as washed-up screenwriter Dixon Steele, who is framed for the murder of a young girl in the locker room, and his natural callousness and morbid sense of humor make him a prime suspect. for the police. The most memorable moment comes when Steele demonstrates his intense creative process to the most unfortunate audience possible: his detective friend Brub (Frank Lovejoy).

As they discuss the case, Dix explains how he allegedly wrote the murder scene and asks Brub and his wife to piece together the murder. He leans forward and noticeably comes alive at the idea, even prompting Brub to strangle his wife.

It's a disturbing sequence that casts his character in a much more sinister light and lends credence to the idea that he is capable of murder. Bogart deems it fair, leaving it unclear whether this intensity is due to his passion for screenwriting or the fact that he is in fact a murderer.