The House on 92nd Street

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The House on 92nd Street

1945

1h 28m

Mystery & Thriller

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In a story based on actual events, Nazi spies in New York City try to recruit German-American college student Bill Dietrich at the height of World War II. Dietrich instead offers his services to the FBI as a double agent. Infiltrating the spy ring, which is headquartered in an East 92nd Street townhouse, Dietrich must contend with the house's beautiful owner and, ultimately, a cache of smuggled atomic secrets that could derail the entire American war effort.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

08/24/2017

C-

"The House On 92nd Street" stands as a noxious example of patriotic pap disguised as faux docu film noir.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

10/22/2005

1.5/4

...most of this stuff simply isn't interesting.

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

09/06/2005

2/5

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

07/24/2005

5/5

Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

01/03/2005

B

Provides a somewhat accurate historical framework for the period.

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

10/17/2003

4/5

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j f

@LiberteBurrows 02/27/2025

A real pile. I’d like a real fbi movie, one that shows them for the hapless, dim-witted, unamerican losers they really are.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 03/28/2024

A clunky script and no name cast.

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nick s

@Nick_S 11/14/2023

The opening narration gets a little tedious, but it does peter out thankfully. The drama that follows is quite interesting, especially given its factual basis. The direction and acting is reasonable.

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01/11/2021

One of the best movies I've ever seen. Technically accurate, underplayed acting, realistic AF and suspenseful.

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Thomas M

@TMProofreader 02/01/2019

The best thrilling movie ever made!

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07/04/2018

Good yarn... big FBI promo.

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Synopsis

In a story based on actual events, Nazi spies in New York City try to recruit German-American college student Bill Dietrich at the height of World War II. Dietrich instead offers his services to the FBI as a double agent. Infiltrating the spy ring, which is headquartered in an East 92nd Street townhouse, Dietrich must contend with the house's beautiful owner and, ultimately, a cache of smuggled atomic secrets that could derail the entire American war effort.

Director: Henry Hathaway
Producer: Louis De Rochemont
Screenwriter: Charles G. Booth, Charles G. Booth, Barré Lyndon, John Monks Jr.
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 1945, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 6, 2014
Runtime: 1h 28m

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