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The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1948-06-16
⌚ Running Time: 87 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

Dana Andrews original image
Igor Gouzenko
Dana Andrews
Gene Tierney original image
Anna Gouzenko
Gene Tierney
June Havoc original image
Nina Karanova
June Havoc
Berry Kroeger original image
John Grubb, aka 'Paul'
Berry Kroeger
Edna Best original image
Mrs. Albert Foster
Edna Best
Stefan Schnabel original image
Col. Ilya Ranov
Stefan Schnabel
Nicholas Joy original image
Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'
Nicholas Joy
Eduard Franz original image
Maj. Semyon Kulin
Eduard Franz
Frederic Tozere original image
Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)
Frederic Tozere
Christopher Olsen original image
Andrei Gouzenko
Christopher Olsen

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