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Crossfire (film)

Crossfire
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Produced by Adrian Scott
Screenplay by John Paxton
Based on the novel, The Brick Foxhole
by Richard Brooks
Starring Robert Young
Robert Mitchum
Robert Ryan
Gloria Grahame
Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Edited by Harry Gerstad
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • July 22, 1947 (1947-07-22) (New York City)
  • August 15, 1947 (1947-08-15) (U.S.)
Running time
86 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $678,000
Box office $2.5 million (US rentals)

Crossfire is a 1947 film noir drama film which deals with the theme of anti-Semitism, as did that year's Academy Award for Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement. The film was directed by Edward Dmytryk and the screenplay was written by John Paxton, based on the 1945 novel The Brick Foxhole by screenwriter and director Richard Brooks. The film features Robert Mitchum, Robert Young, Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame. It received five Academy Award nominations, including Ryan for Best Supporting Actor and Gloria Grahame for Best Supporting Actress. It was the first B movie to receive a best picture nomination.

After he's called in to investigate the brutal killing of Joseph Samuels (Sam Levene), who was found dead at his home, police investigator Finlay (Robert Young) discovers there may be a murderer among a group of demobilized soldiers, who had been seen with Samuels and his female friend at a hotel bar that night.

Meanwhile, Sergeant Keeley (Robert Mitchum), concerned that his friend Mitch (George Cooper) may be the prime suspect, decides to investigate the murder to clear his friend's name. To both investigators, each suspected soldier relays his version of that night through flashback. The first to step up is Montgomery (Robert Ryan) and the rest are Floyd (Steve Brodie), Mitch, and a possible witness Ginny (Gloria Grahame).


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