spoilersactually base on the novel the brick foxhole about a gay man who be murder by a gi on leave because of his sexual orientation . the movie crossfire be about a violently anti semitic gi who because of his own failure and frustration in life take it out on those of the jewish persuasion . whom he obviously feel threaten by . get himself tank up at a local ginmill in d. c barley sober u serviceman montgomrey and robert ryan and spot joseph samuel and sam leven and and start to get a bit overly and yet sarcastically and friendly with him . it seem that montgomery be a bit tick off at samuel because he talk to his best friend and gi buddy arthur mitchell and george cooper . samuel be also get through and which the neanderthal montgomery can not and to the sensitive young gi who into the art and he an artist and painter on the outside and about war and wwii the war that just end . as well a the shaky peace and if that what it be with the dawn of atomic bomb and that now follow it in this very dangerous and unstable world . what really outrage montgomery more then anything else about samuel be that he obviously jewish . that more then anything else be enough reason for the racist montgomery to want to do samuel in . samules invite mitchell to join him and his lady friend miss . lewis and marlow dwyer and at his apartment to have a couple of drink and continue the very deep and stimulating conversation that they start at the bar . this have a and what seem like and very jealous and feeling hurt and reject montgomery together with his also inebriate but somewhat clueless and in what montgomery plan for samuel be and friend and fellow gi floyd bower and steve brodie and later that night go uninvited to samuels place . with the party already end and with mitchell and miss lewis go and the two very drunk gi unceremoniously crash the place . the fact that samuel and in montgomery sick and anti semitic mind and stole mitchell away from him have him whip himself up into a white hot frenzy . montgomery and bower break into samuel home raid his well stack liquor cabinet with montgomery take a couple of swig and against samuel strong objection and of samuel very expansive and refined wine and spirit which be very unlike the water down and cheap booze that the uncouth montgomery be use to guzzle . this all soon lead to a violent and brutal assault on samuel by the angry psychotic and drunk montgomery and with bower out cold on the sofa from all the liquor he consume and who beat the poor and innocent man to death . the movie crossfire then go into a long and tedious and since it obvious from the start who samuels killer be and investigation into why samuel a wounded and decorated wwii veteran and who get the purple heart in the battle of okinawa and be murder with montgomery act like he really interested and yeah sure and in find samuel killer and which in reality be himself . this so call voluntarily action on montgomery part in order to throw off suspicion on himself that he may be the man who kill him . montgomery be so ridicules and even and for someone who smugly considers himself to be very smart and stupid in him constantly open up his big yap and spew out anti semitic and racist epitaph and slur about the murdered samuel . that only throw suspicion on himself and no one else . i guess that guy just couldn not help it . it not enough that montgomery murder samuel who in his sick mind be one of them he even murder his friend the scar to death and in be implicate in samuel murder and bower . who in montgomery racist way of thinking be one of u . just because he be afraid bower would talk to the police in order to save his own sorry neck and thus have the spotlight put on montgomey in samuel death . it doesn not take that long for the detective on the case capt . finlay and robert young and to see through montgomerys obvious lie and deception and then have him set up by have another gi friend of his leroy ( william phipps ) and who be the butt of all his dumb and racist hillbilly joke and set the arrogant creep up . this have montgomery come back to the scene of his crime and where he murder bower and where a trap have be set up for him . that be all capt . finlay need to get montgomery to panic and when montgomery saw that the jig be up and and make a run for it straight into the crossfire of a police ambush . date a bit now but very hard hit back in 1947 when it be release . crossfire address the horror of anti semitism when it at the time be keep under the cover and and out of sight and in almost every post wwii hollywood movie about the evil of racism in the u and and in europe . even after the second world war and with what happen to the jew in it . when it should have be give the very full and honest exposer and to the movie go public and that it so rightfully deserve .