What Was Behind Their Mission... THIS TERROR?
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.
The Iron Curtain (1948) is a thriller film directed by William A. Wellman, released on June 16, 1948 with a runtime of 1h 27m. It stars Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc and Berry Kroeger. Viewers rate it 6.0 out of 10 across 27 ratings.
Dana Andrews
as Igor Gouzenko
Gene Tierney
as Anna Gouzenko
June Havoc
as Nina Karanova
Berry Kroeger
as John Grubb, aka 'Paul'
Edna Best
as Mrs. Albert Foster
Stefan Schnabel
as Col. Ilya Ranov
Nicholas Joy
as Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'
Eduard Franz
as Maj. Semyon Kulin
Frederic Tozere
as Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)
Christopher Olsen
as Andrei Gouzenko
Noel Cravat
Anne Curson
Directed by William A. Wellman, written by Igor Gouzenko and Milton Krims, produced by Sol C. Siegel.
Average viewer score of 6.0/10 from 27 ratings.
Dana Andrews is Igor Gouzenko, posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa as a cypher clerk. He has no difficulty with his orders to keep himself to himself and to be polite but distant from his Canadian hosts. This becomes more problematic when he is joined by his wife Anna (Gene Tierney) who has more difficulty with the isolation their existence brings; particularly when they have a son so shorty after the end of the…
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The main cast of The Iron Curtain (1948) includes Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger and Edna Best. The film was directed by William A. Wellman. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Iron Curtain was released on June 16, 1948 and runs for 1h 27m.
The Iron Curtain (1948) holds an average rating of 6.0 out of 10 from 27 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy thriller films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
