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The House on Carroll Street

  • 19881988
  • PGPG
  • 1h 41m
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6.1/10
2.6K
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Kelly McGillis and Jeff Daniels in The House on Carroll Street (1988)
In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.
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In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.
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2.6K
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    • Peter Yates
    • Walter Bernstein
  • Stars
    • Kelly McGillis
    • Jeff Daniels
    • Mandy Patinkin
    • Peter Yates
    • Walter Bernstein
  • Stars
    • Kelly McGillis
    • Jeff Daniels
    • Mandy Patinkin
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    • 34User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Kelly McGillis
    Kelly McGillis
    • Emily
    Jeff Daniels
    Jeff Daniels
    • Cochran
    Mandy Patinkin
    Mandy Patinkin
    • Salwen
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Miss Venable
    Jonathan Hogan
    • Alan
    Remak Ramsay
    • Senator Byington
    Kenneth Welsh
    Kenneth Welsh
    • Hackett
    • (as Ken Welsh)
    Christopher Buchholz
    Christopher Buchholz
    • Stefan
    • (as Christopher Rhode)
    Charles McCaughan
    Charles McCaughan
    • Salwen Aide 1
    Randle Mell
    • Salwen Aide 2
    Michael Flanagan
    • Senator
    Paul Sparer
    Paul Sparer
    • Randolph Slote
    Brian Davies
    Brian Davies
    • Warren
    Mary Diveny
    • Maid
    Bill Moor
    • Teperson
    Patricia Falkenhain
    • Woman In The House
    Frederick Rolf
    • FBI Director
    Anna Berger
    Anna Berger
    • Funeral Woman
      • Peter Yates
      • Walter Bernstein
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    • Trivia
      During the scene in the used book store while Emily is talking to Stefan in the shelf behind her one can clearly identify three volumes of Negley Farson's autobiography "The Way of a Transgressor". Farson, after having been expelled from Andover, became a foreign correspondent and actually met Hitler in person. This should not be taken as a coincidence for Emily is kind of a transgressor herself, and the Nazis play quite a role in the movie.
    • Goofs
      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."
    • Quotes

      Emily: We're oil and water, Cochran.

      Cochran: Not last night we weren't.

    • Crazy credits
      After the usual "all incidents are fictional" disclaimer, it states "In particular, the producers do not intend to imply that Life Magazine dismissed any of its employees for their political beliefs or activities. The producers appreciate that Life Magazine recognizes the right of its employees to pursue their own political choices."
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Switching Channels/And God Created Woman/The House on Carroll Street/Shy People (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Excerpts from A Woman Called Fancy
      By Frank Yerby

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    5/10
    Forgettable film with McCarthy era intrigue.
    When I checked this one out of the library, I thought it might be an early 50's film-noir about spy smuggling but it turns out to be a 1988 effort to reconstruct an era circa 1951 when World War II memories were fresh and looking for Reds was becoming a national pastime.

    Unfortunately, the reconstruction of 50's scenes comes off a whole lot better than the picture. Jeff Daniels does a nice little job as the government agent with a heart but the story has more holes than McCarthy's logic.

    Kelly McGinniss spends the movie being pursued--in libraries, on roof tops, in train stations, you name it, but there's something lacking--I think it's called a plot.

    They would have been better off chucking the Nazi bad guy stuff and straying with the McCarthy smear of our heroine. Do it in black and white and build the picture of the sinister democracy it could have been.
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    • Feb 3, 2001

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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1988 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Cherry Lane Theatre - 38 Commerce Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Orion Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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