The House on Carroll Street

Year: 1988

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: English

Director: Peter Yates

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After being dismissed for refusing to cooperate before the 1951 Un‑American Activities Committee, Emily Crane takes a part‑time job as a woman's companion. She overhears a heated, mostly German argument from the neighboring house and learns the prosecuting senator is involved. She enlists FBI Agent Cochran—originally to watch her—as danger rises.

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