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The House on 92nd Street (1945)

10/09/1945 (US)Thriller1h 28m
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The F.B.I.'s own tense, terrific story behind the protection of the ATOMIC BOMB!

Overview

The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. William Eythe

      William Eythe

      Bill Dietrich

    2. Lloyd Nolan

      Lloyd Nolan

      Agent George A. Briggs

    3. Signe Hasso

      Signe Hasso

      Elsa Gebhardt

    4. Gene Lockhart

      Gene Lockhart

      Charles Ogden Roper

    5. Leo G. Carroll

      Leo G. Carroll

      Col. Hammersohn

    6. Lydia St. Clair

      Johanna Schmidt

    7. William Post Jr.

      William Post Jr.

      Walker

    8. Harry Bellaver

      Harry Bellaver

      Max Cobura

    9. Reed Hadley

      Reed Hadley

      Narrator (voice)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 1, 2022

    Charles Booth won an Oscar for his writing on this early drama-documentary depicting the hunt by the FBI for an established network of Nazi fifth columnists long since operating in the USA. It falls to agent "Bill Dietrich" (William Eythe) to infiltrate the cell and to find out who is ultimately giving the orders - the mysterious "Mr. Christopher". Reporting to "Insp, Briggs" (Lloyd Nolan) he treads a perilous path as his newfound friends doubt his backstory and suspect him of being a double-agent. I was put off by the overly earnest narrative from Reed Hadley, and the acting is all pretty lac...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget-

    Revenue$2,500,000.00

    Keywords

    • new york city
    • spy
    • fbi
    • world war ii
    • based on true story
    • treason
    • double agent
    • docudrama
    • semi-documentary
    • nazi spy
    • nazi collaborationism
    • spy ring
    • german spy
    • nazi underworld
    • nazi saboteurs
    • american-nazi
    • fbi agent
    • spy game
    • counter-espionage
    • spy house
    • woman spy