The adaptation of Richard Brooks's The Brick Foxhole ""Crossfire" opened July 22, 1947 at the Rivoli Theatre to mixed reviews. Bosley Crowther gave it an "unqualified A for effort in bringing to the screen a frank and immediate demonstration of the brutality of religious bigotry as it festers and fires ferocity in certain seemingly normal American minds." ("Movie Review - THE SCREEN; 'Crossfire' Study on Tolerance, Starring Robert Young and Robert Ryan, Opens at Rivoli -- Antry and Rogers at Riolato -- NYTimes") "Variety" praised it as a "hard-hitting film whose whodunit aspects are fundamentally incidental to the overall thesis of bigotry and race prejudice." ("Crossfire | Variety") "Crossfire" would go on to be nominated for 5 Academy Awards. Although the Hay's Code kept "Crossfire" from using the novel's original theme of homosexuality, this film is a perfect candidate for an original adaptation.
Finlay: Kenny Johnson
Keeley: Samuel Roukin
Montgomery: Matthew Goode
Ginny: Isabelle McNally
Mitchell: Dave Franco
Samuels: Burn Goram
Mary: Emily van Camp
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