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The Iron Curtain (1948)

What Was Behind Their Mission... THIS TERROR?

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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.

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Cast

  • 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 (as Frederic Tozère)
  • Christopher Olsen Christopher Olsen Andrei Gouzenko
  • Noel Cravat Noel Cravat
  • Anne Curson
  • Helena Dare
  • John Davidson John Davidson
  • Michael Dugan
  • Reed Hadley Reed Hadley Narrator (voice)
  • Mauritz Hugo Mauritz Hugo
  • John Ridgely John Ridgely