Crossfire Blu-Ray

Years of police work have taught Detective Inspector Finlay that where there is crime, there is also motive. But he finds no ordinary motive when investigating a man's death by assault. The man was killed because he was Jewish. "Hate," says Finlay, "is like a gun."

Robert Young portrays Finlay, Robert Mitchum is a laconic army sergeant who helps investigate the suspected G.I., and Robert Ryan plays a malicious bigot in a groundbreaking film noir that was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. Edward Dmytryk (Murder, My Sweet) directs and drapes the genre's stylistic trappings around a subject rarely explored in film: anti-Semitism in the United States. Here, Hollywood takes aim at injustice... and bigotry in a crossfire. Special features on disc Commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, featuring audio interviews with director Edward Dmytryk Featurette Crossfire: Hate is Like a Gun