Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain

127 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | July 15, 1966

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.

Torn Curtain

127 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | July 15, 1966

Torn Curtain
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Universal Pictures, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Original title Torn Curtain
Directors Donald Baer, Lois Thurman, Alfred Hitchcock
Writers Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall, Brian Moore

Cast

Paul Newman

as Michael Armstrong

Julie Andrews

as Sarah Sherman

Lila Kedrova

as Countess Kuchinska

Hansjörg Felmy

as Heinrich Gerhard

Tamara Toumanova

as Ballerina

Ludwig Donath

as Gustav Lindt

Wolfgang Kieling

as Hermann Gromek

Günter Strack

as Karl Manfred

David Opatoshu

as Mr. Jacobi

Gisela Fischer

as Dr. Koska

Mort Mills

as Farmer

Carolyn Conwell

as Farmer's Wife

Gloria Govrin

as Miss Mann

Norbert Schiller

as Professor Gutman (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

as Woman Backstage (uncredited)

Frank Baker

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)

William Glover

as British Correspondent (uncredited)

Mischa Hausserman

as Idealistic Young Man (uncredited)

Britt Semand

as Magda

William Yetter Sr.

as Post Office Patron (uncredited)

Kaaren Verne

as Stewardess (uncredited)

Paul Sorensen

as Swedish Immigration Officer (uncredited)

Hedley Mattingly

as Airline Official (uncredited)

Curt Lowens

as VOPO Officer at Roadblock (uncredited)

Horst Ebersberg

as East German Interpreter (uncredited)

Dick Cherney

as Clerk (uncredited)