The House on 92nd Street (1945)

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1h 28min
Crime, Drama
16 Oct 1945 (France)
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Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring.

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Stars:

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins.
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	William Eythe	...	Bill Dietrich
	Lloyd Nolan	...	Inspector 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 Coburg
	Bruno Wick	...	Adolf Lange
	Harro Meller	...	Conrad Arnulf
	Charles Wagenheim	...	Gustav Hausmann
	Alfred Linder	...	Adolf Klein
	Renee Carson	...	Luise Vajda
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	William Adams	...	Customs Officer (uncredited)
	Frieda Altman	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	William Beach	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Carl Benson	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Hamilton Benz	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	George Brandt	...	German Man (uncredited)
	Sheila Bromley	...	Beauty Parlor Customer (uncredited)
	Elmer Brown	...	Scientist (uncredited)
	Tom Brown	...	Intern (uncredited)
	Benjamin Burroughs	...	Briggs' Aide (uncredited)
	Jack Cherry	...	Scientist (uncredited)
	Henry Cordy	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Mita Cordy	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	James J. Coyle	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Robert Culler	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Salo Douday	...	Von Wirt (uncredited)
	Harold Dyrenforth	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Lew Eckles	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Bruce Fernald	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
	Paul Ford	...	Police Sergeant (uncredited)
	Vincent Gardenia	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Ellsworth Glath	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Reed Hadley	...	Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
	Hans Hansen	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Fred Hillebrand	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	J. Edgar Hoover	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Anna Marie Hornemann	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Edwin Jerome	...	Major General (uncredited)
	Kenneth Konopka	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Frank Kreig	...	Travel Agent (uncredited)
	Rusty Lane	...	Admiral (uncredited)
	Bernard Lenrow	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Danny Leone	...	Delivery Boy (uncredited)
	E.G. Marshall	...	Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
	Jack McKee	...	Dr. Arthur C. Appleton (uncredited)
	Edward Michaels	...	Germany Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Scott Moore	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel	...	Freda Kassel (uncredited)
	Delmar Nuetzman	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Antonio J. Pires	...	Watchmaker (uncredited)
	Frank Richards	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Douglas Rutherford	...	Colonel (uncredited)
	Harrison Scott	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	George Shelton	...	Frank Jackson (uncredited)
	Sara Strengell	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Eugene Stuckmann	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Victor Sutherland	...	Toll Booth Attendant (uncredited)
	Stanley Tackney	...	Instructor (uncredited)
	Yoshita Tagawa	...	Japanese Man (uncredited)
	Jay Wesley	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
	Marriott Wilson	...	German Spy Trainee (uncredited)
	Gertrude Wottitz	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	John Zak	...	Saboteur (uncredited)
	Alfred Zeisler	...	Col. Felix Strassen (uncredited)

Directed by

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Henry Hathaway

Written by

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Barré Lyndon	...	(screenplay) (as Barre Lyndon) &
Charles G. Booth	...	(screenplay) and
John Monks Jr.	...	(screenplay)

Charles G. Booth	...	(story)

Produced by

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Louis De Rochemont

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producer (as Louis de Rochemont)

Music by

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David Buttolph

Cinematography by

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Norbert Brodine

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director of photography

Editing by

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Harmon Jones

Editorial Department

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Lyman Hallowell

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apprentice editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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William Maybery

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(uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Lewis H. Creber	...	(as Lewis Creber)
Lyle R. Wheeler	...	(as Lyle Wheeler)

Set Decoration by

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Thomas Little

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(set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Bonnie Cashin

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(costumes)

Makeup Department

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Ben Nye

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makeup artist

Production Management

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Gene Bryant	...	unit manager (uncredited)
Raymond A. Klune	...	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John Graham	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Joseph E. Rickards	...	second assistant director (uncredited)
Henry Weinberger	...	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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William Sittel

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associate set decorator (as William Sittel Jr.)

Sound Department

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W.D. Flick	...	sound
Roger Heman Sr.	...	sound (as Roger Heman)
W. Kirkpatrick	...	sound maintenance (uncredited)
Chet Peck	...	recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Fred Sersen

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special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Edward O. Bagley	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Bud Brooks	...	camera assistant (uncredited)
Leo McCreary	...	grip (uncredited)
Jack McEvoy	...	gaffer (uncredited)
Johnny Phipps	...	location assistant camera (uncredited)
George Stoetzel	...	second camera (uncredited)
Larry Williams	...	location camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sam Benson	...	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
David Preston	...	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Emil Newman	...	musical director
Charles Althouse	...	music mixer (uncredited)
David Buttolph	...	music director (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Morton	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Alfred Newman	...	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Stanley Scheuer

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script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Gertrude Kingston	...	research assistant (uncredited)
Hugh Lester	...	publicist (uncredited)
Frances C. Richardson	...	research director (uncredited)

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Twentieth Century Fox (presents)

Distributors

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Twentieth Century Fox (1945) (United States) (theatrical) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) (released through)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1945) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1945) (France) (theatrical) (as Fox-Europa)
Fox Films (1946) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1949) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) (released through)
Twentieth Century-Fox (1949) (Mexico) (theatrical)
National Telefilm Associates (NTA) (1956) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Státní Pujcovna Filmu (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United Kingdom) (video)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Panasonic Disc Manufacturing (DVD transfer)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Preface: a stentorian narrator tells us that the USA was flooded with Nazi spies in 1939-41. One such tries to recruit college grad Bill Dietrich, who becomes a double agent for the FBI. While Bill trains in Hamburg, a street-accident victim proves to have been spying on atom-bomb secrets; conveniently, Dietrich is assigned to the New York spy ring stealing these secrets. Can he track down the mysterious "Christopher" before his ruthless associates unmask and kill him? Written by Rod Crawford Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	fbi-federal-bureau-of-investigation male-police-officer police-officer chesterfield-cigarette 1930s See All (263) »
Taglines	The F.B.I.'s own tense, terrific story behind the protection of the ATOMIC BOMB! See more »
Genres	Crime Drama Film-Noir Mystery Thriller War
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:16 Finland:K-16 France:Tous publics Italy:T Japan:G Norway:16 Norway:7 (recommended rating) Spain:A (ICAA) Sweden:15 United Kingdom:U United States:Approved West Germany:16

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Also Known As	Hamburg Seven, Seven, Seven (United States) Now It Can Be Told (United States) Private Line to Berchtesgaden (United States) La maison de la 92e rue (France) La maison de la 92ème rue (France) See more »
Runtime	88 min
Country	United States
Language	English German
Color	Black and White (archive footage)
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Filming Locations	Hamburg, Germany See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The movie deals with the theft by German spies of the fictional "Process 97", a secret formula which, the narrator tells us, "was crucial to the development of the atomic bomb." The movie was released on September 10, 1945, only a month after the atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan, and barely a week after Japan's formal surrender. While making the film, the actors and Director Henry Hathaway did not know that the atomic bomb existed, nor that it would be incorporated as a story element in the movie. (None of the actors in the film mentioned the atomic bomb.) However, co-Director and Producer Louis De Rochemont (who produced the "March of Time" newsreel films) and Narrator Reed Hadley were involved in producing government films on the development of the atomic bomb. (Hadley was present at the final test of the bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in July, 1945.) After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Hadley and Screenwriter John Monks, Jr. hastily wrote some additional voice-over narration linking "Process 97" to the atomic bomb, and Rochemont inserted it into the picture in time for the film's quick release. See more »
Goofs	The description of a one-way mirror as an "X-ray" mirror at the beginning is nonsense. A one-way mirror is in fact merely a partially-silvered mirror. It becomes "one-way" by virtue of different lighting on either side - one side dimly lit, the other brightly lit. From the side that's brightly lit, it appears to be a normal mirror because the reflection washes out any light coming through from the dim side. But from within the dim side, everything on the bright side is readily visible because the light coming through predominates over the reflection seen from the dim side. See more »
Movie Connections	Referenced in 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956). See more »
Soundtracks	Tra-La-La-La See more »
Crazy Credits	Opening credits are shown as someone flipping through the pages of a file. See more »
Quotes	Agent George A. Briggs: We know all about you, Roper. We've traced you to the day you were born. We even know the approximate day you will die. See more »

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