In a Lonely Place (1950)
John Mason is brutally beaten but otherwise has no role in the film, [01:02:30] illustrating the disproportionate use of the proper name, Mason.
In a Lonely Place. (1950) Directed by Nicholas Ray, written by Dorothy B. Hughes, Edmund H. North. Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell, Martha Stewart, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks. 94 min. USA, English. Black and White, Mono.