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04/03/1988 Drama, Thriller 1h 41m
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Emily Crane left her home one morning and stepped into a nightmare.

Overview

A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.

  1. Peter Yates

    Director

  2. Walter Bernstein

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Kelly McGillis

    Emily

  2. Jeff Daniels

    Cochran

  3. Mandy Patinkin

    Salwen

  4. Jessica Tandy

    Miss Venable

  5. Jonathan Hogan

    Alan

  6. Remak Ramsay

    Senator Byington

  7. Kenneth Welsh

    Hackett

  8. Christopher Buchholz

    Stefan

  9. James Rebhorn

    The Official

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2023-04-28
**_Kelly McGillis plays a Nancy Drew-like character in early 50’s Manhattan_**

A picture editor for Life magazine (McGillis) loses her job in the Big Apple upon refusing to name names for the House Un-American Activities Committee. She then snoops around a German-speaking man with dubious immigration status, which draws the ire of the Committee's main Senate prosecutor (Mandy Patinkin) and the assistance of an amicable FBI agent (Jeff Daniels).

“The House on Carroll Street” (1988) is an old fashioned Hitchcockian crime drama/thriller in which an innocent person stumbles upon someth...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$14,000,000.00

Revenue
$459,824.00

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