The investigation into a brutal killing becomes the responsibility of police captain "Finlay" (Robert Young). Suspicion quickly lands on a group of former military personnel who had been socializing with the victim and his girlfriend (Marlo Dwyer) before his death. Simultaneously, "Kelley" (Robert Mitchum), concerned about his friends' potential involvement with law enforcement, begins his own inquiry to exonerate th…

The discovery of Joseph Samuels’s brutally murdered body in his apartment initially points to a group of intoxicated soldiers who had visited him the night before. With one soldier unaccounted for, suspicion immediately falls on that missing man. However, detective Finlay's investigation reveals a much more disturbing reality: the crime is rooted in anti-Semitism. "Crossfire," originally titled "Cradle Of Fear," w…