Review of The House on 92nd Street (1945) by Mike M — 31 Jul 2010
Remains more than anything else a curio, and it's hard not to conclude its legacy wasn't a new kind of cinema - America soon reverted to glossy, Technicolor type - but a masterplan for procedural television: its rigorous location shooting laid the foundations for the "Hill Street Blues"/"Law & Order" school, while the script's forensic approach, code-cracking and obsessive information gathering (not to mention its government-knows-best subtexts) clearly foresee "CSI" and its various imitators.
It may also be the only film in existence where Hiroshima counts as some sort of happy ending.
This review of The House on 92nd Street (1945) was written by Mike M on 31 Jul 2010.
The House on 92nd Street has generally received positive reviews.
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