The correlation between the electrical properties of CdTe films synthesized in a thermal field with a temperature gradient and their crystal structure, the ambient pressure, and the film thickness was investigated. Films of different structure, from polycrystalline to block, were studied. The conductivity of the films increases with improving their crystal structure, increasing the ambient pressure, and decreasing the film thickness. The experimental results can be satisfactorily explained in the context of a model of an inhomogeneous semiconductor with intercrystalline barriers. (C) 2003 MAIK "Nauka / Interperiodica".