The Iron Curtain (1948)
Thriller • 1ч 27м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.0
(27)
Cast
Dana Andrews
Igor Gouzenko
Gene Tierney
Anna Gouzenko
June Havoc
Nina Karanova
Berry Kroeger
John Grubb, aka 'Paul'
Edna Best
Mrs. Albert Foster
Stefan Schnabel
Col. Ilya Ranov
Nicholas Joy
Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'
Eduard Franz
Maj. Semyon Kulin
Frederic Tozere
Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)
Christopher Olsen
Andrei Gouzenko
Noel Cravat
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Anne Curson
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Helena Dare
John Davidson
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Michael Dugan
Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice)
Mauritz Hugo
John Ridgely
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John Shay
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Brick Sullivan
Ken Terrell
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Joe Whitehead
Peter Whitney
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Victor Wood
Crew
William A. Wellman
Director
Igor Gouzenko
Writer
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Bonnie Cashin
Costume Design
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Charles G. Clarke
Director of Photography
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Frank Serjack
Still Photographer
Milton Krims
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Presenter
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