The House on 92nd Street (1945)

09/10/1945Thriller1h 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. Cast 1

    William Eythe

    Bill Dietrich

  2. Cast 1

    Lloyd Nolan

    Agent George A. Briggs

  3. Cast 1

    Signe Hasso

    Elsa Gebhardt

  4. Cast 1

    Gene Lockhart

    Charles Ogden Roper

  5. Cast 1

    Leo G. Carroll

    Col. Hammersohn

  6. Lydia St. Clair

    Johanna Schmidt

  7. Cast 1

    William Post Jr.

    Walker

  8. Cast 1

    Harry Bellaver

    Max Cobura

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    Reed Hadley

    Narrator (voice)

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...