The Iron Curtain
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The Iron Curtain

6.4 / 10 | 1h 27m | United States
1948 | Biography | Crime | History
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.

Cast List (21)

William A. Wellman
William A. Wellman
Director
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
Igor Gouzenko
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
Anna Gouzenko
June Havoc
June Havoc
Nina Karanova
Berry Kroeger
Berry Kroeger
John Grubb, aka 'Paul'
Edna Best
Edna Best
Mrs. Albert Foster
Stefan Schnabel
Stefan Schnabel
Col. Ilya Ranov
Nicholas Joy
Nicholas Joy
Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'
Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz
Maj. Semyon Kulin
Frederic Tozere
Frederic Tozere
Col. Aleksandr Trigorin
Leslie Barrie
Leslie Barrie
Editor
Noel Cravat
Noel Cravat
Bushkin
Anne Curson
Anne Curson
Helen Tweedy, aka 'Nellie'
Helena Dare
Helena Dare
Capt. Kulin
John Davidson
John Davidson
Secretary to the Minister of Justice
Michael Dugan
Michael Dugan
Policeman
Reed Hadley
Reed Hadley
Narrator
Mauritz Hugo
Mauritz Hugo
Leonard Leitz
Christopher Olsen
Christopher Olsen
Andrei Gouzenko
Milton Krims
Milton Krims
Writer
Igor Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko
Writer

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