Crossfire

Crossfire es una película de drama y cine negro estadounidense de 1947 protagonizada por Robert Young, Robert Mitchum y Robert Ryan que aborda el tema del antisemitismo, al igual que el ganador de ese año del premio de la Academia a la mejor película, Gentleman's Agreement. La película fue dirigida por Edward Dmytryk y el guion fue escrito por John Paxton, basado en la novela de 1945 The Brick Foxhole del guionista y director Richard Brooks. El reparto secundario de la película incluye a Gloria Grahame y Sam Levene. La cinta recibió cinco nominaciones al Oscar, incluidas Ryan a mejor actor de reparto y Gloria Grahame a mejor actriz de reparto. Fue la primera película B en recibir una nominación a mejor película. Plot In the opening scene, a man is seen beating a Jewish man named Joseph Samuels to death in a hotel room. After the police are called in to investigate his murder, officer Capt. Finlay suspects that the murderer may be among a group of demobilized soldiers who had been with Samuels and his female companion at a hotel bar the night of his death. Private "Monty" Montgomery, explains his version of the story to investigator Finlay. He claims that he and his friend Floyd Bowers met Samuels at the hotel bar and went up to his apartment to find Samuels talking to Cpl. "Mitch" Mitchell. Soon upon their arrival, Mitch sick from heavy drinking, leaves Samuel's apartment alone, then Monty and Floyd leave a minute or so later. According to Monty's story, that was the last time they saw Samuels alive. Sergeant Keeley, concerned that Mitch may be the prime suspect, investigates the murder himself, hoping to clear his friend's name. After helping Mitch escape from police capture, Keeley meets him in a movie theater, where Mitch tells his version of the story. Although he was drunk, Mitch remembered Monty arguing with Samuels inside his apartment. After Mitch left, he spent the rest of the night with Ginny Tremaine, a working girl he met in a dancehall. When he wakes up the next morning in her apartment, Ginny was not there, but after hearing a knock at the door, he meets Ginny's husband Mr. Tremaine, who offers to make him coffee. While Mr. Tremaine looks for some cigarettes, Mitch hastily leaves the apartment.