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The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 black-and-white film in the film noir genre. The movie (unlike it's follow up, The Street with No Name
) was shot mainly in New York City. The film was directed by Henry Hathaway. The films scenes with FBI agents in Washington were played by actual agents. Released shortly after the end of World War II, The House on 92nd Street was made by Twentieth Century Fox with the full cooperation of the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover appears during the introduction. The films semidocumentary style inspired other films including The Naked City
.

The movie is a drama about the smashing of a Nazi spy ring operating the U.S. Lloyd Nolan would reprise his role as Inspector Briggs in the sequel The Street with No Name
(1948). This time, Briggs and the FBI agents would take on organized crime.

Reaction

In 1945, a New York Times review written by Thomas M. Prior notes "The House on Ninety-second Street barely skims the surface of our counterespionage operations, but it reveals sufficient of the FBI's modus operandi to be intriguing on that score alone."

Although praised when released in 1945, the film when released on DVD in 2005 received mostly mixed reviews. Christopher Null, writing for Filmcritic.com writes "today it comes across as a bit goody-goody, pandering to the FBI, pedantic, and not noirish at all."

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Awards

Won 1946 Oscar (Original Motion Picture Story) - Charles G. Booth

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