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Crossfire (1947) Rank 3 Reviews
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EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Dealing with racial bigotry, this tense thriller combines a message drama with the stylistics of film noir, resulting in one of the best films of the 1940s, with top notch work from Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan. ...read the complete Crossfire movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Mike Lorefice)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Wildly overrated, Crossfire was nominated for Best Picture in its day with its presumably scandalous look at a murder carried out because its victim was Jewish and the murderer was a G.I. back from World War II, looking for kicks -- and if it rubs out a ...read the complete Crossfire movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Classic Film Guide
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Robert Ryan just got discharged from serving in the marines. He had read Brooks' novel and liked the book so much that he asked Brooks, also a marine, to keep him in mind for the part of Monty if the book ever gets made into a movie. Brooks did just ...read the complete Crossfire movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
It would have been a much better film if it weren't for the censor: there is absolutely no question about that. ...read the complete Crossfire movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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by William R. Ray on July 19, 2009
The DVD transfer is very good with few if any scratches or other blemishes. Very watchable
There were 2 Academy Award nominations for best supporting roles given to members of the cast. Robert Ryan, as the brutish anti-Semite murderer and Gloria ...
by John Farr "The Be... on June 21, 2007
Gripping, intricate thriller is top-grade noir, with solid performances all around, particularly from Ryan and Young. The film's as biting a condemnation of anti-semitism as the better-known "Gentleman's Agreement", released the same year. Assured, ...
by Trevor Willsmer on June 17, 2007
Crossfire remains one of the best Hollywood message movies because, unlike the admirably intentioned Gentleman's Agreement, which it beat to theatres by a few months, it chooses to send its message via the form an excellent noir thriller rather than have ...
by Dave on November 22, 2005
Completed in only about 20 days of shooting, 1947's "Crossfire" was one of Hollywood's first attempts to make a movie focusing on anti-Semitism. Directed by Edward Dmytryk (Murder My Sweet, Cornered, The Sniper), it was filmed on a very low budget yet ...
by Steven Hellersted... on November 06, 2005
The first big movie to deal directly with anti-Semitism - it beat "Gentleman's Agreement" to the screen by a couple of months - CROSSFIRE brackets its message of tolerance with a brace of murders. The movie opens and closes with scenes of freshly minted ...
by Solomon Kane on November 04, 2005
Beautiful, just beautiful! I was floored by WB's ...
by E. Harrison "film... on September 17, 2005
for anybody who looks at film and the genius of american moviemaking at its zenith dont ...
by MB on August 14, 2005
You can't go wrong with this purchase. These are timeless films with timeless actors. ...
by S. Doyle on July 13, 2005
Another very good Noir collection,though maybe not as good as Vol 1 but fans should not be disappointed. ...
by David Baldwin on July 13, 2005
Ostensibly "Crossfire" is a police procedural about finding the murderer of a kindly Jewish man in post World War II Washington D.C. On that count I thought the film telegraphed the murderer a little early but that is beside the point because the story ...
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