"What Was Behind Their Mission... THIS TERROR?"16 June 1948Thriller87 mins
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.
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation.
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled.
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS.
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare.
Alternative movies trailers for The Iron Curtain
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from The Iron Curtain:
The Iron Curtain (1948) Dana Andrews Gene Tierney June Havoc
The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in OttawaCanada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of ...
The Iron Curtain - Trailer
Music: Ross Bugden - Fall.
The Iron Curtain (1948): Final Scenes
Description: The Iron Curtain is a 1948 black-and-white thriller film starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney directed by William Wellman. The film was based ...
The Iron Curtain Official Trailer
The Iron Curtain. Directed/Edited by Garrett Westley Thomas. Cinematography by Garrett Westley Thomas.
The Iron Curtain (1948) Movie Review
my review of The Iron Curtain Picture by: Earl Barrett Holloway music by myself Follow me on Twitter: #!
The Iron Curtain Season 3 Trailer (Warning!)
The Iron Curtain full hd movie trailer.
Popular movie trailers from 1948
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1948:
A film that mixes comedy with mystery. A hairdresser (Lucho Córdoba) is a fan of detective novels, to the point of fantasizing while he works, which causes him several problems with his boss.
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen.
Evocation of a dramatic episode of the Second World War told by an old guard. Boarded as a non-commissioned officer on the battleship sailed from Pola and headed south.
