Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain

It tears you apart with suspense!

1966•2h 7m•6.6/10

Thriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(648)

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.

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Production

Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Michael Armstrong

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews

Sarah Sherman

Lila Kedrova

Lila Kedrova

Countess Kuchinska

Hansjörg Felmy

Hansjörg Felmy

Heinrich Gerhard

Tamara Toumanova

Tamara Toumanova

Ballerina

Ludwig Donath

Ludwig Donath

Gustav Lindt

Wolfgang Kieling

Wolfgang Kieling

Hermann Gromek

Günter Strack

Günter Strack

Karl Manfred

David Opatoshu

David Opatoshu

Mr. Jacobi

Gisela Fischer

Gisela Fischer

Dr. Koska

Mort Mills

Mort Mills

Farmer

Carolyn Conwell

Farmer's Wife

Arthur Gould-Porter

Arthur Gould-Porter

Freddy

Gloria Govrin

Miss Mann

Norbert Schiller

Norbert Schiller

Professor Gutman (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Leoda Richards

Woman Backstage (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Frank Baker

Party Guest (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)

William Glover

British Correspondent (uncredited)

Mischa Hausserman

Idealistic Young Man (uncredited)

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