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 man's 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 genre's 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.
- Region Code:
- Region A,B,C
- Duration:
- 86 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Screen ratio 1:1.37, DTS-HD Master Audio, Commentary: Film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, Documentaries: 'Crossfire: Hate Is Like a Gun', Interviews: Edward Dmytryk (Director)