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The House on Carroll Street is a 1988 American neo-noir film directed by Peter Yates, and starring Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, and Jessica Tandy. Set in 1950s New York City, it follows a photojournalist who, blacklisted after refusing to disclose names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, stumbles upon a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the United States.
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It’s hard to imagine it now, but there was a time when US Left used to be the most passionate champion of free speech. It happened partly because American leftists became persecuted on the account of their beliefs in what is now known as one of the most shameful chapters of American history. Those events served as background for the plot of *The House on Carroll Street*, 1988 period thriller directed by Peter Yates.…More
