Dead Reckoning (1947)

Disappointing. Humphrey Bogart in a piece of heavy-handed film noir: over-complicated, over-serious, and over-the-top, with cringe-worthy howlers. Not even Bogie can save this one. But Marvin Miller (Michael C. Anthony in TV's "The Millionaire" series, and voice of Robby the Robot in "Forbidden Planet") makes a good sadistic villain.

In a Lonely Place (1950)

Fine 1950 film noir with Gloria Grahame falling for Bogart the screenwriter with a dark side, set in a wonderful Hollywood courtyard apartment complex. Directed by Grahame's true-life husband Nicholas Ray, who caught her in bet with Ray's teenage son (Graham's stepson) during the filming of the movie. Graham later married the boy.