The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain (1948)


  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release Date: 1948-06-16
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 25 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
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Summary

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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Editing Louis R. Loeffler Editor
Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Art Mark-Lee Kirk Art Direction
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Production Sol C. Siegel Producer
Directing William A. Wellman Director
Costume & Make-Up Bonnie Cashin Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Camera Charles G. Clarke Director of Photography
Writing Igor Gouzenko Writer
Camera Frank Serjack Still Photographer