In a Lonely Place
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director, best known for the 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause." He is appreciated for many narrative features produced between 1947 and 1963 including "Bigger Than Life", "Johnny Guitar", "They Live by Night", and "In a Lonely Place", as well as an experimental work produced throughout the 1970s titled "We Can't Go Home Again", which was unfinished at the time of Ray's death from lung cancer.