The Iron Curtain [26747] Released: 1948-06-16 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 87 mins Popularity: 2.0873 Vote Average: 5.8 Vote Count: 25 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. Cast [10] Dana AndrewsIgor Gouzenko Gene TierneyAnna Gouzenko June HavocNina Karanova Berry KroegerJohn Grubb, aka Edna BestMrs. Albert Fost Stefan SchnabelCol. Ilya Ranov Nicholas JoyDr. Harold Prest Eduard FranzMaj. Semyon Kuli Frederic TozereCol. Aleksandr T Christopher OlsenAndrei Gouzenko Trailers