The Iron Curtain
1948, English. Directed by William A. Wellman.
What Was Behind Their Mission... THIS TERROR?
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Dana AndrewsIgor Gouzenko
- Gene TierneyAnna Gouzenko
- June HavocNina Karanova
- Berry KroegerJohn Grubb, aka 'Paul'
- Edna BestMrs. Albert Foster
- Stefan SchnabelCol. Ilya Ranov
- Nicholas JoyDr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec'
- Eduard FranzMaj. Semyon Kulin
- Frederic TozereCol. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère)
- Christopher OlsenAndrei Gouzenko
- Noel CravatCast
- Anne CursonCast
Details
- Released
- 16 June 1948
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Igor Gouzenko, Milton Krims
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The Iron Curtain runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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The Iron Curtain isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 June 1948. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Iron Curtain?
The Iron Curtain (1948) was directed by William A. Wellman and stars Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc.
What is The Iron Curtain based on?
The Iron Curtain is adapted from a memoir or autobiography.