A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
Acting
Robert Ryan's Montgomery: charming monster you can't look away from.
Direction
Dmytryk's shadows do what the Hays Code wouldn't let dialogue say.
Writing
B-picture runtime, A-picture guts. No scene wasted.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Robert Young
Finlay
Robert Mitchum
Peter Keeley
Robert Ryan
Montgomery
Gloria Grahame
Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Paul Kelly
The Man
Sam Levene
Samuels
Jacqueline White
Mary Mitchell
Steve Brodie
Floyd
George Cooper
Mitchell
Richard Benedict
Bill
Tom Keene
Detective
William Phipps
Leroy
Lex Barker
Harry
Marlo Dwyer
Miss Lewis
Kenner G. Kemp
Military Policeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Crossfire was originally about homophobia in the novel — the Hays Code forced the switch to antisemitism, accidentally making a timelier film.
RKO slashed the budget to B-picture status after Dmytryk's political troubles began; he shot it in 20 days anyway and got his only Oscar nomination.
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