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Crossfire

Crossfire

Crime · Mystery · Thriller · 1947

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

Movie details

Crossfire

“Hate is like a loaded gun!”

1947 Crime · Mystery · Thriller 1h 26m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Crossfire?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

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D.O.A.

D.O.A.

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A Blueprint for Murder

A Blueprint for Murder

Mystery · 1953

Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.

Black Angel

Black Angel

Mystery · 1946

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

Mystery · 1946

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The Dark Mirror

The Dark Mirror

Thriller · 1946

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

Nightfall

Nightfall

Crime · 1956

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

Crime · 1953

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

LaRoy, Texas

LaRoy, Texas

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Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

The Dark Past

The Dark Past

Crime · 1948

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Edward Dmytryk

Written by

John Paxton

Robert Young

Robert Young

Finlay

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Peter Keeley

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

Montgomery

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

The Man

Sam Levene

Sam Levene

Samuels

Jacqueline White

Jacqueline White

Mary Mitchell

Court is in session

Put Crossfire on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.