
Preface: a stentorian narrator tells us that the USA was flooded with Nazi spies in 1939-41. One such tries to recruit college grad Bill Dietrich, who becomes a double agent for the FBI. While Bill trains in Hamburg, a street-accident victim proves to have been spying on atom-bomb secrets; conveniently, Dietrich is assigned to the New York spy ring stealing these secrets. Can he track down the mysterious "Christopher" before his ruthless associates unmask and kill him?... (Full plot summary below)
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Preface: a stentorian narrator tells us that the USA was flooded with Nazi spies in 1939-41. One such tries to recruit college grad Bill Dietrich, who becomes a double agent for the FBI. While Bill trains in Hamburg, a street-accident victim proves to have been spying on atom-bomb secrets; conveniently, Dietrich is assigned to the New York spy ring stealing these secrets. Can he track down the mysterious "Christopher" before his ruthless associates unmask and kill him?
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzProvides a somewhat accurate historical framework for the period. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey"The House On 92nd Street" stands as a noxious example of patriotic pap disguised as faux docu film noir. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...most of this stuff simply isn't interesting. |
| User ReviewJulie BA True Spy Thiller, "The House on 92nd Street" is a very good true spy thiller story. It aout a true FBI case during WWII, "The Christopher Case". It uses actual FBI film reels in the movie. William Eythe was very good in the movie. Real FBI Agents was used in the making the of the movie. The movie is worth to see and learn what the FBI did for us during WWII. |
| User ReviewPrivate UShameless propaganda, but no worse for it. |
| User ReviewAdam DI quite liked this film noir, which can basically be considered a police procedural of work done by the FBI against Stateside Nazis during World War II or a propaganda film in support of the FBI. The cast was excellent, the story was solid and the direction by Henry Hathaway was inspired. |
| User ReviewRoger JI quite liked this film noir, which can basically be considered a police procedural of work done by the FBI against Stateside Nazis during World War II or a propaganda film in support of the FBI. The cast was excellent, the story was solid and the direction by Henry Hathaway was inspired. |
| User ReviewLawrence MBasically like CSI from 1945. A highly detailed reconstruction of an FBI plot to foil Nazi agents during WWII, using real locations and agents. Fascinating to see the then-cutting edge technology in action. |
| User ReviewGreg WGreat police procedural flick with noirish stylings. |
| User ReviewPaul DThe documentary style adds a good element of realism to this spy drama, but even so it stands up well as a story on its own. |