
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.
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Kelly McGillis as Emily

Jeff Daniels as Cochran

Mandy Patinkin as Salwen

Jessica Tandy as Miss Venable

Jonathan Hogan as Alan

Remak Ramsay as Senator Byington

Kenneth Welsh as Hackett

Christopher Buchholz as Stefan

James Rebhorn as The Official

Charles McCaughan as Salwen Aide 1

Randle Mell as Salwen Aide 2

Michael Flanagan as Senator

Paul Sparer as Randolph Slote

Brian Davies as Warren

Mary Diveny as Maid

Bill Moor as Teperson

Patricia Falkenhain as Woman in the House

Frederick Rolf as FBI Director

Anna Berger as Funeral Woman

Cliff Cudney as McKay

Trey Wilson as Lieutenant Sloan

William Duff-Griffin as FBI Librarian

George Ede as Conductor

John Carpenter as Gateman

Jamey Sheridan as Porter

P.J. Barry as Barber

Boris Lyoskin as Hürwitz

Sherman Howard as Boria

John Randolph Jones as Agent Simpson

David Hart as Stage Manager

Maeve McGuire as Mrs. Byington

Alexis Yulin as Sackadorf

Marat Yusim as Bistrong

Suzanne Slade as Senator Byington's Daughter

Todd DeFreitas as Senator Byington's Son

Gregory Jbara as Office Boy

James Tew as Sam

Polly O'Malley as Manicurist 1

Maureen Moore as Manicurist 2

Alice Drummond as Woman at Hearing

Tony Carreiro as Xanthias

Robert Stanton as Dionysus

Daniel Mills as Bartender

Jim Babchak as Salwen Aide at Senate Hearing

Melba La Rose as Receptionist

Stephen Gleason as Man at Theatre Bar

Elizabeth A. Reilly as Theatre-Goer

Christopher Cusack as Theatre-Goer

Skip Rose as Sloan's Partner

Frank Patton III as Sargeant

Gaylord C. Mason as Theatre Manager

Morris S. Friedman as Rabbi

John-Kenneth Hoffman as Waiter
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