The Iron CurtainMovie
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.
About The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain is a 1948 thriller movie directed by William A. Wellman.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 27m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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