Torn Curtain

Overview

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.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Top cast

Paul Newman

Michael Armstrong

Julie Andrews

Sarah Sherman

Lila Kedrova

Countess Kuchinska

Hansjörg Felmy

Heinrich Gerhard

Tamara Toumanova

Ballerina

Ludwig Donath

Gustav Lindt

Wolfgang Kieling

Hermann Gromek

Günter Strack

Karl Manfred

David Opatoshu

Mr. Jacobi

Gisela Fischer

Dr. Koska

Mort Mills

Farmer

C

Carolyn Conwell

Farmer's Wife

Arthur Gould-Porter

Freddy

G

Gloria Govrin

Miss Mann

Norbert Schiller

Professor Gutman (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Woman Backstage (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Party Guest (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)

W

William Glover

British Correspondent (uncredited)

M

Mischa Hausserman

Idealistic Young Man (uncredited)

Details