The House on Carroll Street
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee inquiry, takes a part-time job as a companion to an elderly woman. While working, she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI agent initially assigned to surveil her.
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Peter Yates
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**_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 nefarious involving shady government officials and the corresponding cover-up. The events take place four years after the start of the Cold War when the US Government wanted to secure a scientific lead over the Soviets. The pièce de résistance is a clash at Grand Central Station in the last act. It plays like Indiana Jones during the early Cold War years, albeit with a female protagonist and less hamminess, although there’s some silliness in the bomb sequence (like people are going to casually joke around while a bomb’s about to explode). I like the irony of good citizens being smeared as evil and bad officials being presumed good. It’s a worthwhile period piece with definite points of interest, but somehow underwhelming. It needed a rewrite to flush out the potential. The film only runs 1 hour, 41 minutes (as if it didn’t have the confidence to go longer), and was shot in Manhattan. GRADE: B-
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The House on Carroll Street FAQs
Peter Yates is the director of The House on Carroll Street.
The cast of The House on Carroll Street includes Bill Moor as Teperson, Frank Patton III as Sargeant, James Rebhorn as The Official, Anna Berger as Funeral Woman, Kenneth Welsh as Hackett, John Carpenter as Gateman, Sherman Howard as Boria, Jessica Tandy as Miss Venable, Mary Diveny as Maid, Robert Stanton as Dionysus, John Randolph Jones as Agent Simpson, Randle Mell as Salwen Aide 2, and more.
The duration of The House on Carroll Street is 1h 41 mins.
Yes. The House on Carroll Street has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including The House on Carroll Street ≣ 1988 ≣ Trailer. Watch them on this page.
The House on Carroll Street was released on 04 Mar 1988.
The House on Carroll Street is listed under Drama and Thriller on Fanbiz.
The House on Carroll Street has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "**_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 n..."
