The Iron Curtain

Approved

“What Was Behind Their Mission... THIS TERROR?”

1948·87 min·Released

Studio: 20th Century Fox

6.0TMDb

Theatrical Jun 16, 1948

Nexus ms12545TMDb 26747IMDb tt0040478

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USA · English · USA

Thriller

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.