The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

Release date : June 16, 1948
Runtime : 1h 27m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : William A. Wellman /
Writers : Igor Gouzenko /
Production companies : 20th Century Fox /
June 16, 1948 1h 27m United States of America Thriller English More
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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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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

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  • title:The Iron Curtain
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1948
  • Runtime:1h 27m
  • Genres: Thriller ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: William A. Wellman /
  • Writers: Igor Gouzenko ·
  • Production companies: 20th Century Fox ·
  • 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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