The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

1948
1h 27m
5.8

5.8/10

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Thriller

"What Was Behind Their Mission... THIS TERROR?"

Overview

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.

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Production Information

Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

cold war based on memoir or autobiography ottawa, canada

Quick Facts

Release Date June 16, 1948
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0040478

Cast

Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews

Igor Gouzenko

Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney

Anna Gouzenko

June Havoc
June Havoc

Nina Karanova

Berry Kroeger
Berry Kroeger

John Grubb, aka 'Paul'

Edna Best
Edna Best

Mrs. Albert Foster

Stefan Schnabel
Stefan Schnabel

Col. Ilya Ranov

Nicholas Joy
Nicholas Joy

Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'

Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz

Maj. Semyon Kulin

Frederic Tozere
Frederic Tozere

Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)

Christopher Olsen
Christopher Olsen

Andrei Gouzenko

Noel Cravat
Noel Cravat

Anne Curson
Anne Curson

Key Crew

William A. Wellman
Director
Igor Gouzenko
Writer
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Milton Krims
Screenplay