exceptional movie that handle a theme of great proportion with a very well balanced direction . dmytrik be a very good director and at least from what i can tell from this movie and murder my sweet but he be seriously affect by the huac a other movie director and actor . it be in a way ironic that crossfire receive no oscar and because it be exquisite example of how to make a great film on low budget . everything about this movie be exceptional represent a well write script that make use of extensive flashback and a great cast and superb lighting that seem to tell the story more than the action proper . what more can you expect from a top notch movie . might i add that noir be here use for it stylishness and and i might add financial advantage . but this prove once more that what be originally deem a b movie can have more impact today that most of the heavy hand a movie that lose their audience with the passage of time . this film be not a noir movie per se and this rise serious question about what noir actually be . the style be definitely noir and in term of set and especially light but the theme surpass the recipe of the noir genre . you can see thing from the opposite perspective and claim that anti semitism be only a pretext for the criminal investigation and the puzzle around the murder be the actual focus . this would have be the case have it not be for robert ryan in an outstanding performance . either way and the movie have a lot to offer and it be truly a pity that the director have to suffer so much iniquity for his former belief in a really noir period of america .