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5.9/10

The House on Carroll Street (1988)

PG | 1 Hours 41 Minutes

Drama, Thriller

A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.

Director: Peter Yates

Writer: Walter Bernstein

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The Cast

Kelly McGillis

Emily

Jeff Daniels

Cochran

Mandy Patinkin

Salwen

Jessica Tandy

Miss Venable

Jonathan Hogan

Alan

Remak Ramsay

Senator Byington

Kenneth Welsh

Hackett

Christopher Buchholz

Stefan

James Rebhorn

The Official

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

Patricia Falkenhain

Woman in the House

Frederick Rolf

FBI Director

Anna Berger

Funeral Woman

Cliff Cudney

McKay

Trey Wilson

Lieutenant Sloan

William Duff-Griffin

FBI Librarian

George Ede

Conductor

John Carpenter

Gateman

Jamey Sheridan

Porter

P.J. Barry

Barber

Boris Lyoskin

Hürwitz

Sherman Howard

Boria

John Randolph Jones

Agent Simpson

David Hart

Stage Manager

Maeve McGuire

Mrs. Byington

Alexis Yulin

Sackadorf

Marat Yusim

Bistrong

Suzanne Slade

Senator Byington's Daughter

Todd DeFreitas

Senator Byington's Son

Gregory Jbara

Office Boy

James Tew

Sam

Polly O'Malley

Manicurist 1

Maureen Moore

Manicurist 2

Alice Drummond

Woman at Hearing

Tony Carreiro

Xanthias

Robert Stanton

Dionysus

Daniel Mills

Bartender

Jim Babchak

Salwen Aide at Senate Hearing

Melba La Rose

Receptionist

Stephen Gleason

Man at Theatre Bar

Elizabeth A. Reilly

Theatre-Goer

Christopher Cusack