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Directed by Edward Dmytryk
USA 1947
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 mans 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 (Murder, My Sweet) directs, draping the genres 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. *** Crossfire (1947), one of the best film noirs to come out of RKO Studios, is a film of many firsts. It was executive producer Dore Schary's first film for RKO (he would take over as chief of production at MGM in 1948). It was based on Richard Brooks' first novel, The Brick Foxhole, written while he was still in the Marines (he later became a Hollywood screenwriter/director). And it brought first time Oscar nominations to both Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame in supporting roles and to Edward Dmytryk for his direction. At the same time, Crossfire marked the last time Dmytryk and his producer Adrian Scott would work together after collaborating on such popular movies as Murder, My Sweet (1944) and Cornered (1945); both men would be called before the House Un-American Activities Committee after completing Crossfire and blacklisted for refusing to answer questions about their alleged Communist Party affiliations. Excerpt from TCM located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: July 22nd, 1947
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Runtime | 1:25:38.174 | |
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1.37 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 26,931,673,175 bytesFeature: 26,175,891,456 bytes Video Bitrate: 3 4.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1775 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1775 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DTS-HD Master Audio English 1704 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1704 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
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Release Information: Studio: Warner Archive
1.37 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 26,931,673,175 bytesFeature: 26,175,891,456 bytes Video Bitrate: 3 4.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, with audio interview excerpts of director Edward Dmytryk• Crossfire: Hate Is Like a Gun featurette (8:58)
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On their
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Warner Archive use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the
original English language. It is another advancement in the film's audio
and score by
Roy Webb
(Clash
by Night,
I Married a Witch,
This Is Cinerama,
Easy Living,
The Window,
Fixed Bayonets,
Journey Into Fear,
I Walked with a Zombie etc.) sounding a bit deeper with
the one instance of gunshots carry more heft via the lossless. Warner Archive offer optional English
subtitles on their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Warner Archive
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Edward Dmytryk's Crossfire
has some deep
Noir atmosphere and the desirable "Robert" trifecta leading the
way with support from infectious
Gloria Grahame. Kudos to
cinematographer J. Roy Hunt (Tourneur's
I Walked with a Zombie) and director Dmytryk - it's dripping with
dark cinema desirability. An uncomfortable, but important, topic and you only
wish there were 100 more murder/crime dramas like it with the same cast
and shadowy aura. We are so pleased with the a/v presentation and this Warner Archive
Blu-ray
is strongly recommended - an essential purchase for
Noir devotees.
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