Review – The House on 92nd Street

Having run out of war to promote, Hollywood’s propaganda mill turns its attention to the FBI. To be sure, it’s great that the bureau managed to thwart attempts by German spies to steal secrets from the Manhattan Project. However, the cartoonish G-men versus the Evil Nazis thing gets old after awhile. It’s also interesting to watch the movie trumpet the wisdom of investigation techniques that would later – when directed at less sinister targets – be considered civil rights violations. On the other hand, at least the picture spends some time on the workaday tasks of counterespionage operations. Mildly amusing