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The Iron Curtain
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The Iron Curtain

1948-06-16 · 87 min · ★ 6.0

Thriller

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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Directors
William A. Wellman
Production companies
20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Dana AndrewsDana AndrewsIgor Gouzenko
Gene TierneyGene TierneyAnna Gouzenko
June HavocJune HavocNina Karanova
Berry KroegerBerry KroegerJohn Grubb, aka 'Paul'
Edna BestEdna BestMrs. Albert Foster
Stefan SchnabelStefan SchnabelCol. Ilya Ranov
Nicholas JoyNicholas JoyDr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'
Eduard FranzEduard FranzMaj. Semyon Kulin
Frederic TozereFrederic TozereCol. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)
Christopher OlsenChristopher OlsenAndrei Gouzenko
Noel CravatNoel Cravat
Anne Curson
Helena Dare
John DavidsonJohn Davidson
Michael Dugan
Reed HadleyReed HadleyNarrator (voice)
Mauritz HugoMauritz Hugo
John RidgelyJohn Ridgely
John Shay
Brick Sullivan

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