Crossfire
Title:
Crossfire
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an RKO Radio picture [presented by] Dore Schary ; screen play by John Paxton ; produced by Adrian Scott ; directed by Edward Dmytryk.
Publication Information:
[Atlanta, GA] : Turner Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, Inc., [2005]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9780780650688
General Note:
Based on Richard Brook's novel, The brick foxhole.
Videodisc release of the 1947 motion picture by RKO Radio Pictures, inc.
Special features: Commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, with audio interview excerpts of director Edward Dmytryk ; featurette 'Crossfire : hate is like a gun'.
Includes exclusive behind-the-scenes retrospective on the making of Crossfire and interview with director Edward Dmytryk.
Abstract:
A police captain (Young) methodically unravels the truth behind the brutal murder of an innocent Jewish man by a World War II soldier (Ryan) with a rabid hatred of Jews.
Reading Level:
US: not rated; Canadian home video rating: PG.
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Added Title Contained Works:
Crossfire, hate is like a gun.
Credits:
Director of photography, J. Roy Hunt ; film editor, Harry Gerstad ; music, Roy Webb.
Performer:
Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Paul Kelly, Sam Levene, Jacqueline White, Steve Brodie, George Cooper, Richard Benedict, Richard Powers, Tom Keene, William Phipps, Lex Barker, Marlo Dwyer.
Hosted by Robert Osborne.
Technical Details:
DVD format; region 1; b & w; standard version, dual-layer format.
Language:
Feature: English dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.