The House on Carroll Street
1988 · 101 min
Directed by Peter Yates. Written by Walter Bernstein. Starring Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy.
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.
Critics 75% · audiences 29% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo