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Crossfire

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Original title

Crossfire

Year

1947

Running time

85 min.

Country

United States

Director

Edward Dmytryk

Screenwriter

John Paxton. Novel: Richard Brooks

Cast

Music

Roy Webb

Cinematography

J. Roy Hunt (B&W)

Producer

RKO Radio Pictures

Genre

Film noir. Mystery

Synopsis

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.

Rankings Position

#141 Best Film Noir Movies

Awards: 1947: 5 Nominations Oscar: Movie, Director, Supporting Actor (Ryan), Supporting Actress (Grahame), Screenplay

1947: Cannes: Best Social Film

1947: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Film and Best Director

1948: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film

1947: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).

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Crossfire

1947

Edward Dmytryk

7.0

(1,978)