The Iron Curtain poster

The Iron Curtain

Description: 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.

Genres: Thriller

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 87 minutes

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Dana Andrews

Played Igor Gouzenko

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Gene Tierney

Played Anna Gouzenko

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June Havoc

Played Nina Karanova

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Berry Kroeger

Played John Grubb, aka 'Paul'

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Edna Best

Played Mrs. Albert Foster

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Stefan Schnabel

Played Col. Ilya Ranov

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Nicholas Joy

Played Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'

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Eduard Franz

Played Maj. Semyon Kulin

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Frederic Tozere

Played Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)

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Christopher Olsen

Played Andrei Gouzenko

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