This thriller has the distinction of being the first in the postwar cycle of crime dramas made with a documentary flavor--location shooting, voice-over narration, and a meticulous eye for detail--inspired by the March of Time newsreels of Louis de Rochemont, who also produced this film. Moreover, The House on 92nd Street is a fascinating noir treatment of explosive political issues in the story, set in New York City and derived from F.B.I. files, of Nazi spies among us delivering information on the A-Bomb project to the Germans as the U.S. enters World War II. Hathaway intriguingly intertwines larger issues of sexuality and personal identity into the search for the chief spy, who remains a mystery to both Nazi agents and the F.B.I.