The Iron Curtain

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

William A. Wellman

Writers

Igor Gouzenko, Milton Krims

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

16 June 1948

Ensemble

Cast

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  Dana Andrews

  Igor Gouzenko

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  Gene Tierney

  Anna Gouzenko

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  June Havoc

  Nina Karanova

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  Berry Kroeger

  John Grubb, aka 'Paul'

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  Edna Best

  Mrs. Albert Foster

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  Stefan Schnabel

  Col. Ilya Ranov

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  Nicholas Joy

  Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'

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  Eduard Franz

  Maj. Semyon Kulin

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  Frederic Tozere

  Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)

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  Christopher Olsen

  Andrei Gouzenko

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  Noel Cravat

• Anne Curson