Crossfire (The Brick Foxhole)

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Directed by

Edward Dmytryk

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Robert Young
Finlay

Robert Mitchum
Keeley

Robert Ryan
Montgomery

Gloria Grahame
Ginny

Paul Kelly
The Man

Sam Levene
Samuels

Jacqueline White
Mary Mitchell

Steve Brodie
Floyd

Written by

John Paxton
(screenplay)

Richard Brooks

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Description: Crossfire was nominated for the 1947 Best Picture Oscar won by Gentleman's Agreement. Gentlemen may propose, if not agree, that Crossfire was better. Like its upscale rival, the film noir raises the specter of anti-Semitism in America: just after World War II, an affable Jew (Sam Levene) is beaten to death by one of several GIs out "crawling." Solving the crime takes all night, but for the audience the killer's identity is scarcely in doubt; Robert Ryan's chilling study in psychopathic bigotry scored him his lone Oscar nomination. He's nearly matched in creepiness by Paul Kelly as an odd nightbird married to sultry Glo ... (more)

Release date: 15 August 1947
UPC: 053939724929