The Iron Curtain 1948

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by: William A. Wellman
Written by: Igor Gouzenko
Runtime: 87 minutes
Cast:
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
Igor Gouzenko 
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
Anna Gouzenko 
June Havoc
June Havoc
Nina Karanova 
Berry Kroeger
Berry Kroeger
John Grubb, aka 'Paul' 
Edna Best
Edna Best
Mrs. Albert Foster 
Stefan Schnabel
Stefan Schnabel
Col. Ilya Ranov