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Torn Curtain (1966)  link to Torn Curtain on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 341

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IMDb Rating:
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6.7/10 (19014 votes)

Country: USA, 2h 08min

Spoken Languages: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian

Genre(s): Thriller

Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: Paul Newman (as Professor Michael Armstrong), Julie Andrews (as Sarah Sherman), Lila Kedrova (as Countess Kuchinska), Hansjörg Felmy (as Heinrich Gerhard), Tamara Toumanova (as Ballerina)

Medium: Original DVD,

Storyline: Professor Michael Armstrong is heading to Stockholm to attend a physics conference accompanied by his assistant-fiancée Sarah Sherman. Once arrived however, Michael informs her that he may be staying for awhile and she should return home. She follows him and realizes he's actually heading to East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain. She follows him there and is shocked when he announces that he's defecting to the East after the US government canceled his research project. In fact, Michael is there to obtain information from a renowned East German scientist. Once the information is obtained, he and Sarah now have to make their way back to the West.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1