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Dominican Rep. Crossfire
- Original title
- Crossfire
- Year
- 1947
- Running time
- 85 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- John Paxton. Novel: Richard Brooks
- Cast
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Robert Mitchum
Robert Young
Robert Ryan
Gloria Grahame
Sam Levene
Paul Kelly
Jacqueline White
Steve Brodie- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
J. Roy Hunt (B&W)- Producer
- 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.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1947: 5 Nominations Oscar: Movie, Director, Supporting Actor (Ryan), Supporting Actress (Grahame), Screenplay1947: Cannes: Best Social Film1947: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Film and Best Director1948: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film1947: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).
- Critics' reviews
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"Producer Dore Schary, in association with Adrian Scott, has pulled no punches."
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"While the film remains a respectable thriller, only Ryan's crafty, quietly deranged performance lifts it out of the ordinary."
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"This ultra-low-budget thriller did what all great B movies do: it broached a subject that 'respectable' movies wouldn't touch."
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