Directed by:
Edward DmytrykScreenplay:
John PaxtonCinematography:
J. Roy HuntComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Paul Kelly, Sam Levene, Jacqueline White, Steve Brodie, George Cooper, Richard Benedict, Tom Keene (more)VOD (1)
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Years of police work have taught Detective Finlay that where there's crime, there's motive. But he finds no usual motive when investigating a man's death by beating. The man was killed because he was a Jew. "Hate", Finlay says, "is like a gun". Robert Young portrays Finlay, Robert Mitchum is a laconic army sergeant assisting in the investigation of G.I. suspects, and Robert Ryan plays a vicious bigot in a landmark film noir nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Edward Dmytryk directs, draping the genre's stylistic backdrops and flourishes around a topic rarely before explored in films: anti-Semitism in the U.S. Here, Hollywood takes aim at injustice... and catches bigotry in a Crossfire. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Robert Young
USA
Best movies:
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Robert Mitchum
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
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Robert Ryan
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Gloria Grahame
USA
Best movies:
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Paul Kelly
USA
Best movies:
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Springfield Rifle (1952)
Gunsmoke (1953)
Sam Levene
Russian Empire
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Jacqueline White
USA
Best movies:
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Steve Brodie
USA
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Winchester '73 (1950)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
George Cooper
USA
Best movies:
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Mystery Street (1950)
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Richard Benedict
Italy
Best movies:
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The Window (1949)
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Tom Keene
USA
Best movies:
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Blood on the Moon (1948)
Crossfire (1947)
William Phipps
USA
Best movies:
Cinderella (1950)
Lust for Life (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Lex Barker
USA
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The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Winnetou (1963)
Marlo Dwyer
USA
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Footlight Parade (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Harry Harvey
USA
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Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Kenneth MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
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The Jayhawkers (1959)
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Robert Bray
USA
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George Turner
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The Glass Key (1942)
George Meader
USA
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Scarlet Street (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Allan Ray
USA
Best movies:
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Cape Fear (1962)