Movie Description
The Iron Curtain
(1948)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : William A. Wellman
- Producer : Sol C. Siegel
- Writer : Igor Gouzenko
- Editor : Louis R. Loeffler
- Cast : Dana Andrews,Gene Tierney,June Havoc,Berry Kroeger,Edna Best,Stefan Schnabel,Nicholas Joy,Eduard Franz,Frederic Tozere,Christopher Olsen,Noel Cravat,Anne Curson,Helena Dare,John Davidson,Michael Dugan,Reed Hadley,Mauritz Hugo,John Ridgely,John Shay,Brick Sullivan,Ken Terrell,Joe Whitehead,Peter Whitney,Victor Wood
Cast
Igor Gouzenko
Anna Gouzenko
Nina Karanova
John Grubb, aka 'Paul'
Mrs. Albert Foster
Col. Ilya Ranov
Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'
Maj. Semyon Kulin
Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)
Andrei Gouzenko
Narrator (voice)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Iron Curtain
Status Released
Release Information
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1948-06-16
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 27m
Production Companies20th Century Fox
Genres
- Thriller
