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Crossfire is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edward Dmytryk released in USA on 15 august 1947 with Robert Young
Crossfire (1947)
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Add to a movie listCrossfire 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.
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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.Actors
Robert Young
(Finlay)
Robert Mitchum
(Peter Keeley)
Robert Ryan
(Montgomery)
Gloria Grahame
(Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne)
Paul Kelly
(The Man)
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