Crossfire

As a rule, there are few things more dispiriting than Hollywood's attempts to be courageous. Mixing caution with heavy-handedness, "message movies" pat themselves loudly on the back for daring to tackle major problems. CROSSFIRE is not entirely free from this... Full review

I haven't read the source, Richard Brooks' novel "The Brick Foxhole," which I hope is not as infelicitous as its title, but I understand the original villain was a homophobe not an anti Semite. (And to be honest, Sam Levene... Full review

I first saw CROSSFIRE as a 10-year-old kid in his favorite neighborhood theater in Philadelphia one hot Saturday afternoon. Did I understand it? No, not completely, but one message DID ring through clearly ... that of anti-Semitism, which was alive... Full review

Unlike most film noir, Edward Dmytryk's Crossfire, adapted from a novel by Richard Brooks, is not nearly as concerned with its murder mystery, which, at first sight, might seem superficially formulaic to the casual viewer, as it is with the... Full review

'Crossfire' is a very interesting movie. It begins like a murder mystery, but it becomes obvious very quickly who the murderer is, and the plot becomes more concerned with his motive. And it is his motive which makes the movie... Full review

'Film Noir' is a much-used (and misused), catch phrase, coined to describeHollywood films of the forties and fifties. These films were invariable in black and white (hence the paucity of such films on Australian commercial TV), and shot on tiny... Full review

Definitely a "must see" for all fans of film noir.Thanks to a fine script and crisp, razor sharp direction a top cast comes together and works like a well oiled clock to produce a crackerjack psychological thriller.Wonderful characterizations articulate the... Full review

SPOILERS Not only does this movie boasts three Roberts,but it also possesses all that makes a film noir great:a murky sticky atmosphere, a fine supporting cast , a lot of characters we remember even if they appear on the screen... Full review

Taut and organically gripping, Edward Dmytryk's Crossfire is a distinctive suspense thriller, an unlikely "message" movie using the look and devices of the noir cycle.Bivouacked in Washington, DC, a company of soldiers cope with their restlessness by hanging out in... Full review

Edward Dmytryk directed this shadowy movie about a murder investigation involving demobilized military personnel. Robert Young gets to lecture us about hatred, Robert Mitchum walks through most of this picture, and Gloria Grahame revisits the feistiness she exhibited in "It's... Full review

Excellent performances and superb direction make this a classic, even.... ... Full Review

Crossfire successfully converted its liberal message into boxoffice gold, mainly by surrounding it with an entertaining movie populated by interesting characters.....But unlike other expatriates Dmytryk recanted, named names....An excellent thriller with freshly-written characters, it gave a big boost to the careers of Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan....had to flee to England, where he made one great picture, Christ in Concrete .....Crossfire is more complicated than the average dark thriller, immediately po ... Full Review

Crossfire is a frank spotlight on anti-Semitism.....Producer Dore Schary, in association with Adrian Scott, has pulled no punches..... ... Full Review

Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum & Robert Young in Crossfire One of the things that made the film noirs of the 1940s and 50s so subversive was the way they were able to tackle subjects that were previously considered taboo, such... ... Full Article

Four army buddies - Leroy, Montgomery (Robert Ryan), Floyd and Mitchell - visit a nightclub while on leave. They meet the club's owner, Joseph Samuels and his girlfriend (Gloria Grahame). ... Full Article