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.
Credits
The Iron Curtain Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Dana Andrews
He was 39, 83 years old when he died
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as Igor Gouzenko |
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Eduard Franz
He was 45, 80 years old when he died
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as Maj. Semyon Kulin |
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Gene Tierney
She was 27, 70 years old when she died
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as Anna Gouzenko |
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June Havoc
She was 35, 97 years old when she died
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as Nina Karanova |
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Stefan Schnabel
He was 36, 87 years old when he died
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as Col. Ilya Ranov |
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Edna Best
She was 48, 74 years old when she died
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as Mrs. Albert Foster |
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Berry Kroeger
He was 35, 78 years old when he died
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as John Grubb, aka 'Paul' |
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Frederic Tozere
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as Col. Aleksandr Trigorin (as Frederic Tozère) |
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Nicholas Joy
He was 64, 80 years old when he died
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as Dr. Harold Preston Norman, aka 'Alec' |
The Iron Curtain Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Louis R. Loeffler as Editor. He was 51 (75) years old when He died
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Editing |
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Mark-Lee Kirk as Art Direction. He was 53 (74) years old when He died
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Art |
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Thomas Little as Set Decoration. He was 61 (98) years old when He died
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Art |
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Sol C. Siegel as Producer. He was 45 (79) years old when He died
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Production |
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Bonnie Cashin as Costume Design. She was 32 (84) years old when She died
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Costume & Make-Up |
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Ben Nye as Makeup Artist. He was 41 (79) years old when He died
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Costume & Make-Up |
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William A. Wellman as Director. He was 52 (79) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Charles G. Clarke as Director of Photography. He was 49 (84) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Igor Gouzenko as Writer. He was 29 (63) years old when He died
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Writing |
