The House on Carroll Street( 1988)

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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.

Top Billed Cast

Kelly McGillis
Emily
Jeff Daniels
Cochran
Mandy Patinkin
Salwen
Jessica Tandy
Miss Venable
Jonathan Hogan
Alan
Remak Ramsay
Senator Byington
Kenneth Welsh
Hackett
Christopher Buchholz
Stefan
James Rebhorn
The Official
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
Patricia Falkenhain
Woman in the House
Frederick Rolf
FBI Director
Anna Berger
Funeral Woman
Cliff Cudney
McKay
Trey Wilson
Lieutenant Sloan
William Duff-Griffin
FBI Librarian
George Ede
Conductor
John Carpenter
Gateman
Jamey Sheridan
Porter
P.J. Barry
Barber
Boris Lyoskin
Hürwitz
Sherman Howard
Boria
John Randolph Jones
Agent Simpson
David Hart
Stage Manager
Maeve McGuire
Mrs. Byington
Alexis Yulin
Sackadorf
Marat Yusim
Bistrong
Suzanne Slade
Senator Byington's Daughter
Todd DeFreitas
Senator Byington's Son
Gregory Jbara
Office Boy
James Tew
Sam
Polly O'Malley
Manicurist 1
Maureen Moore
Manicurist 2
Alice Drummond
Woman at Hearing
Tony Carreiro
Xanthias
Robert Stanton
Dionysus
Daniel Mills
Bartender
Jim Babchak
Salwen Aide at Senate Hearing
Melba La Rose
Receptionist
Stephen Gleason
Man at Theatre Bar
Elizabeth A. Reilly
Theatre-Goer
Christopher Cusack
Theatre-Goer
Skip Rose
Sloan's Partner
Frank Patton III
Sargeant
Gaylord C. Mason
Theatre Manager
Morris S. Friedman
Rabbi
John-Kenneth Hoffman
Waiter

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Fri Apr 28 2023

**_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 something nef...