The House on 92nd Street (1945)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Barré Lyndon (screenplay) and
Charles G. Booth (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

10 September 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Film-Noir | Drama

Tagline:

The F.B.I.'s own tense, terrific story behind the protection of the ATOMIC BOMB!

Plot:

Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the FBI in a Nazi spy ring.

Plot Keywords:

Spy | FBI | Nazi | Spy Ring | Shot To Death

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win

Cast

William Eythe	...	Bill Dietrich
Lloyd Nolan	...	Agent George A. Briggs
Signe Hasso	...	Elsa Gebhardt
Gene Lockhart	...	Charles Ogden Roper
Leo G. Carroll	...	Col. Hammersohn
Lydia St. Clair	...	Johanna Schmidt
William Post Jr.	...	Walker (as William Post)
Harry Bellaver	...	Max Cobura
Bruno Wick	...	Adolf Lange
Harro Meller	...	Conrad Arnulf
Charles Wagenheim	...	Gustav Hausmann
Alfred Linder	...	Adolf Klein
Renee Carson	...	Luise Vadja

Also Known As:

Now It Can Be Told (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #10939)

Filming Locations:

53 East 93rd Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

First film of E.G. Marshall.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the agents are preparing to do the first survey of the house they are wearing CD (Civil Defense) arm bands on their right arms. The next scene shows them approaching the house and the arm bands are now on their left arms.

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Street with No Name (1948)

Soundtrack:

You Say the Sweetest Things (Baby)

Fond Memories of the House

I'm glad one of my favorite movies The House on 92nd Street has been released on DVD and to read the reactions others have made about it. I first saw this movie when it was first released and I was about 11 years old. It made a great impression on me at the time. Of course it is much older now and so am I. My reaction to the revelation of the identity of Mr. Christopher came as an almost physical shock. I should add that at the time this movie came out the war had just ended and the bomb had been dropped only months before, and the radio made much of the nuclear race between Germany and the United States, so the 'now it can be told' aspect of the movie had a lot more meaning then. Also, we weren't very ambivalent about who the good guys and the bad guys were in the war (that didn't happen until Vietnam). I can see that the technology that seemed so cutting edge then is simplistic and dated by today's standards, but that doesn't hurt the movie if you take it in the context of its time. One comment I'd like to make: when Elsa first saw Dietrich's altered credentials she was rightly suspicious and sent for confirmation by courier from Hamburg. In the meantime he continued to operate for what seemed like months and the war started. How long did to get that confirmation anyway? By the way, I've seen the House and it was on 93rd street.