The House on Carroll Street (1988)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Peter Yates

Writer:

Walter Bernstein (written by)

Release Date:

4 March 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee,...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | 1950s | War Criminal | Nazi | Lingerie Slip

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Kelly McGillis	...	Emily
Jeff Daniels	...	Cochran
Mandy Patinkin	...	Salwen
Jessica Tandy	...	Miss Venable
Jonathan Hogan	...	Alan
Remak Ramsay	...	Senator Byington
Kenneth Welsh	...	Hackett (as Ken Welsh)
Christopher Buchholz	...	Stefan (as Christopher Rhode)
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

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:PG | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Cherry Lane Theatre - 38 Commerce Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): 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.

Soundtrack:

Excerpts from 'A WOMAN CALLED FANCY'

The McCarthy Era with Style

This is a wonderfully Hitchcockian, quite realistic, but also nostalgic return to the time when some people were looking for Communists under every bed, as well as in Hollywood and =Life= magazine. Kelly McGillis is terrific as the idealistic civil liberties type who discovers Nazis in the garden and her own personal SS man in a Senator's office. Mandy Patinkin is really convincing as the Senate staffer who hounds McGillis from her job. He even looks a little like a famous politician with the initials RMN. For a bang-up thriller without any shooting, car chases or explosions, this is one of the best videos around.