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Walter Bernstein (written by)
Release Date:
4 March 1988 (USA)
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Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee,...
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FBI
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1950s
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War Criminal
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Nazi
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Lingerie Slip
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Misses the target
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kelly McGillis | ... | Emily |
 | Jeff Daniels | ... | Cochran |
 | Mandy Patinkin | ... | Salwen |
 | Jessica Tandy | ... | Miss Venable |
| Jonathan Hogan | ... | Alan |
| Remak Ramsay | ... | Senator Byington |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | Hackett (as Ken Welsh) |
| Christopher Buchholz | ... | Stefan (as Christopher Rhode) |
| Charles McCaughan | ... | Salwen Aide 1 |
| Randle Mell | ... | Salwen Aide 2 |
| Michael Flanagan | ... | Senator |
| Paul Sparer | ... | Randolph Slote |
 | Brian Davies | ... | Warren |
| Mary Diveny | ... | Maid |
| Bill Moor | ... | Teperson |
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101 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 |
UK:PG |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In one scene, Emily overhears The Women in the House character (who is off-screen) speaking to one of the Russians through an interpreter. The Woman is telling the Russian that they will leave for Chicago "tomorrow." The interpreter mistakenly says "tomorrow" in English and then corrects himself mid-word to the correct Russian word "zaftra."
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BECAUSE OF YOU
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Like Guilty By Suspicion this film follows the tale of what it was like to be on the wrong side of a McCarthy style witch hunt looking for reds under the bed. Not having lived through it however I can not judge how accurate this account is. Certainly old film footage of a man with a gavel shouting down anybody who he believes is obstructing justice looks intimidating. This story follows idealist Life magazine picture editor Emily (McGillis) who falls foul of an ambitious politician (Potentkin)who himself as a few skeletons in his own closet. It's about being on the right side. You can bring ex-Nazis into America as long as you have no conscience and are quiet happy to win the space race with information they have given you, the problem is you just don't get caught. With the help of her FBI watcher, Cochran (Daniels) they begin to unwind this crooked scam, unfortunatly it's hard to except that they find every clue and the man who is her tormentor in chief just happens to be involved as well. The story just doesn't hold up to scrutiny. On the plus side the look and feel of the film are great and if prepared to overlook the outrageous and some what slow plot it's watchable.