The House on Carroll Street
1988
101 Min
Synopsis
Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis), a Life Magazine photography editor, is fired for refusing to name names in a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing. Undaunted by the McCarthy witch-hunters, she takes a new job as a caretaker for Miss Venable (Jessica Tandy). One day, Emily overhears a suspicious conversation in the house next door and suspects that she’s stumbled on a conspiracy to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the United States.
Director
Peter Yates
Yates began staging plays in the British provinces at the age of 19 and worked as an assistant to J. Lee Thompson and Tony Richardson in the early 1960s. He then alternated between film and TV work and made his feature debut with “Summer Holiday” (1963). Yates’ early work exhibited a talent for fast-paced action, reflected in such films as “Bullitt” (1968), which included one of the most harrowing car chases ever filmed, and “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” (1973). In a change of pace, he directed the coming-of-age comedy-drama “Breaking Away” (1979). During the 1980s Yates crafted a number of fine, character-driven studies such as “The Dresser” (1983) with Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney, “Eleni” (1985) and “Suspect” (1987). In the 90s, he worked sporadically, helming “Roommates” with Peter Falk, and reuniting with Finney for the Irish drama “The Run of the Country” (both 1995). —TCM.com
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Igor Leoni
13Apr12
An average thriller with a good "Hitchcock feel" to it and a respectable setting of the 50's. Not bad.