The Iron Curtain

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.

Main Cast

Dana Andrews

Igor Gouzenko

Age : 83 | Popularity : 71%

Gene Tierney

Anna Gouzenko

Age : N/A | Popularity : 67%

June Havoc

Nina Karanova

Age : 97 | Popularity : 29%

Berry Kroeger

John Grubb, aka 'Paul'

Age : 78 | Popularity : 26%

Edna Best

Mrs. Albert Foster

Age : 74 | Popularity : 26%

Stefan Schnabel

Col. Ilya Ranov

Age : 87 | Popularity : 22%

Nicholas Joy

Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Eduard Franz

Maj. Semyon Kulin

Age : 80 | Popularity : 58%

Crew

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

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