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Crossfire (1947)

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We sometimes forget that South Korea, Australia and several other nations participated in the Vietnam War on the U.S. side. In this dark-toned war action film, Straker (Richard Norton) is an Aussie commando whose mission is to rescue his commander (Paul Holmes) and other POWs from captivity. After many escapades, he finally meets up with him, and discovers that the man is suffering from leprosy. Then he has to fight his way back out of the jungle. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Jul 5, 2005

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Producer Dore Schary, in association with Adrian Scott, has pulled no punches.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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While the film remains a respectable thriller, only Ryan's crafty, quietly deranged performance lifts it out of the ordinary.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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A thematically articulate film.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Sutil como um touro numa loja de porcelana, soa implausível em sua trama e tolo na maneira com que prega o óbvio. Com isso, suas válidas intenções morais se tornam apenas infantis.

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A classic.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

This ultra-low-budget thriller did what all great B movies do: it broached a subject that 'respectable' movies wouldn't touch.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Dealing with racial bigotry, this tense thriller combines a message drama with the stylistics of film noir, resulting in one of the best films of the 1940s, with top notch work from Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan.

June 6, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

It has a very strong and powerful message against anti-Semitism.

August 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

a drawn-out hour of investigation that looks like a schoolyard game of C.S.I.

January 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

Brave and impressive stuff.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

An intriguing combination of a common noir theme with the liberal-minded message picture.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Edinburgh U Film Society | Comment
Edinburgh U Film Society

It would have been a much better film if it weren't for the censor: there is absolutely no question about that.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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When a Jewish man is beaten to death in a hate crime, police detective Robert Young finds his suspicions as to the culprit difficult to prove. Although it has many of the visual trappings of Film Noir, Crossfire is more of an examination of prejudice and its repercussions in society. The crux of the film is Young's

November 30, 2007
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A man is found beaten to death in his apartment. The last people he was seen with were four soliders. One of them did it, but which one? Robert Young as a police detective, in a better performance than I would normally expect out of him, wants to find out. Even though it's pretty obvious who the killer is early on, I

September 11, 2009
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