In a Lonely Place
Hughes was a successful writer and popular during her day. Three of her novels were made into feature films: "The Fallen Sparrow" (1943), starring John Garfield; "In a Lonely Place" (1950), directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart; and "Ride the Pink Horse" (1947), directed by and starring Robert Montgomery, which was remade for television in 1964 as "The Hanged Man". Hughes made her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which she used as the setting of several novels.