premise: In a Lonely Place is only a book without a script.
hypothesis: In a Lonely Place is a 1950 film noir directed by Nicholas Ray , and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame , produced for Bogart 's Santana Productions . The script was adapted by Edmund North from the 1947 novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes . It is now considered a classic film noir , as evidenced by its inclusion on the Time magazine `` All-Time 100 List '' as well as Slant Magazine 's 100 Essential Films .