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Crossfire|Robert Young

Crossfire

Robert Young and Robert Mitchum
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Overview

This unusual and worthwhile black-and-white film noir was one of the first movies to deal with issues of anti-Semitism. A weary Washington detective (Robert Young) must get to the bottom of a seemingly motive-lacking murder, with the prime suspect a boozy soldier who can only vaguely recall the events of the night. The story really digs its heels into lots of postwar issues--how soldiers need a place to put all their violence once the war is over and the other problems of readjusting to civilian life. Robert Mitchum stars as a friend of the accused soldier who helps the detective solve the case. Edward Dmytryk had already established himself as a fine noir director with MURDER, MY SWEET, made a few years earlier. Here he takes the shadowy, midnight world of desperate people and seedy dives and slyly turns it into a vehicle for the exploration of bigotry. The result is a quietly stunning, low-key classic. Young is especially good as the detective and gets ample help from Mitchum and Robert Ryan in this well-written, atmospheric drama.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Edward Dmytryk - Director
Robert Young
Robert Mitchum
Robert Ryan
Gloria Grahame
Paul Kelly
Sam Levene
Jacqueline White
Steve Brodie
Richard Benedict
Richard Powers

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, Mono Sound)
  • Run Time: 85
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 888574096243
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: November 2014

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
CROSSFIRE is a rare 1940s indictment of anti-Semitism and bigotry. The theme is wrapped around a murder case with Robert Ryan as the hateful murderer.

Notes:
Theatrical release: July 22, 1947. The murder victim in the source novel THE BRICK FOXHOLE was killed because he was gay. However, the producers thought this was too risqué and made the victim Jewish.

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