A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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 | |
| George Cooper | ... | Mitchell | |
| Richard Benedict | ... | Bill | |
| Tom Keene | ... | Detective (as Richard Powers) | |
| William Phipps | ... | Leroy | |
| Lex Barker | ... | Harry | |
| Marlo Dwyer | ... | Miss Lewis | |
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Homicide Capt. Finlay finds evidence that one or more of a group of demobilized soldiers is involved in the death of Joseph Samuels. In flashbacks, we see the night's events from different viewpoints as army Sgt. Keeley investigates on his own, trying to clear Mitchell, to whom circumstantial evidence points. Then the real, ugly motive for the killing begins to dawn on both Finlay and Keeley. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Country:
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15 August 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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$250,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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Keeley: I've tried to like him, but he's not my type.
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(uncredited)
Written by Cecil Mack, Lew Brown, and Ford Dabney
Performed Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Played in Red Dragon dance hall when Mitchell first meets Ginny
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At about 22 minutes in, the shadow of the camera and dolly is visible just to the right of the hotel door, behind the MP, as Bill Williams enters the hotel to meet Keeley in the coffee shop. See more »Quotes
Finlay: How well do you know him?Keeley: I've tried to like him, but he's not my type.
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Also available in a computer colorized version. See more »Connections
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Shine(uncredited)
Written by Cecil Mack, Lew Brown, and Ford Dabney
Performed Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Played in Red Dragon dance hall when Mitchell first meets Ginny
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'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 so interesting. 'Crossfire' is a "message" movie but it is also a cracking good drama, and that's what I enjoyed about it. Plus the cast is dynamite - Roberts Preston, Mitchum and Ryan, and the beautiful Gloria Grahame ('In A Lonely Place'). Mitchum doesn't have a big a role as you might expect (the movie was released the same year as 'Out Of The Past' in which he gives a much more substantial performance), but he's always great to watch, and Robert Ryan ('The Wild Bunch') steals the movie as a very nasty piece of work. I find many 1940s romance and comedy movies to be too corny for my taste, but the crime movies are much more to my liking. They are usually grittier and more realistic, and 'Crossfire' is a great example of this. Highly recommended.