In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place is a 1950 film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, and produced for Bogart's Santana Productions. The releasing studio was Columbia Pictures. The script was adapted by Edmund North from a novel by Dorothy Hughes.

Music connections to the film

The title is also one of the songs on the Smithereens' 1986 debut album, Especially for You. The lyrics include a reference to one of the pivotal lines in the film: "I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me." It is also the title of a 1980 Joy Division song, later re-recorded and released as a B-side to New Order's Ceremony single and was a B-side by Bush.

Related Topics:
Smithereens - 1986 - Especially for You - Joy Division - New Order - Ceremony - Bush

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