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Crossfire is a 1947 American film noir drama film starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan which deals with the theme of antisemitism, [5] [6] as did that year's Academy Award for Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement.
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in the 1940s.It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
The film, described as a "prestige ingathering" for Kramer, was directed by non-Jew Edward Dmytryk, who had directed Crossfire, a 1947 film about anti-Semitism.The musical score was by avant-garde composer George Antheil, whose best known composition was the Ballet Mécanique.
It is typical for film noir to begin in medias res; for example, a private detective will enter the plot already in progress. [11] Crossfire (1947) opens with the murder of Joseph Samuels. As the police investigate the crime, the story behind the murder is told via flashbacks. [12]
The Lost Moment is a 1947 American melodramatic psychological thriller film with elements of horror directed by Martin Gabel and starring Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorehead. The film was not well received at the time but its reputation has risen in recent years. [3] [4]
It's been 60 years since that fateful day in downtown Dallas, when Lee Harvey Oswald, perched behind an upstairs window of the Texas School Book Depository building, allegedly fired upon Kennedy's ...
Born to Kill (released in the U.K. as Lady of Deceit and in Australia as Deadlier Than the Male) is a 1947 RKO Pictures American film noir starring Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor and Walter Slezak with Esther Howard, Elisha Cook Jr., and Audrey Long in supporting roles.
Polonsky had been a screenwriter for the boxing film Body and Soul (1947), in which Garfield had also played the male lead. In 1994, Force of Evil was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".