I still love the original best, and while I wasn't
crazy about the cinematography, they brought the musical up to speed, and captured the hearts of both my kids.
Crossfire Edward Dmytryk, USA, 1947, 35 mm, 86m This adaptation of writer / director - to - be Richard Brooks's novel The Brick Foxhole,
about a group of vets, led by Robert Mitchum's Sergeant Keeley, searching postwar Washington for their amnesiac friend (George Cooper) so they can clear him of a murder charge, embodies the essence of what has come to be known as «film noir» — moody, troubled characters; nocturnal action; chiaroscuro
cinematography; low - key acting spiced with bits of bravura eccentricity; and a plot so
crazy that it feels like a nightmare.