Review of Crossfire (1947) by Mjs M — 04 Jul 2008
Clearly antisemitism was a major issue in 1947, as two of the five Best Picture nominees from that year were explicitly about the subject. This and Gentleman's Agreement are both preachy but this is clearly the lesser of the two.
A boring, uninspired military mystery about investigating a hate crime against a Jewish officer. Admittedly, audiences in the late forties probably needed a less subtle message than we do today. Still this just felt like an after school special.
The whole thing made a little more sense when I checked the wikipedia page and learned that in the book this was based on the victim was not Jewish, but a homosexual. The production code made them change it, if they stuck with the original story this would have been a much more interesting movie than it is.
This review of Crossfire (1947) was written by Mjs M on 04 Jul 2008.
Crossfire has generally received positive reviews.
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