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Overview
Release Date:
14 July 1966 (USA) moreTagline:
Suspense! Azione! Sorpresa! [Suspense! Action! Surprise!] morePlot:
An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin and then figuring out a plan to escape back to the West. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Very good, but not a Hitchcock masterpiece moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Paul Newman | ... | Professor Michael Armstrong | |
| Julie Andrews | ... | Sarah Sherman | |
| Lila Kedrova | ... | Countess Kuchinska | |
| Hansjörg Felmy | ... | Heinrich Gerhard (as Hansjoerg Felmy) | |
| Tamara Toumanova | ... | Ballerina | |
| Ludwig Donath | ... | Professor Gustav Lindt | |
| Wolfgang Kieling | ... | Hermann Gromek | |
| Günter Strack | ... | Professor Karl Manfred | |
| David Opatoshu | ... | Mr. Jacobi | |
| Gisela Fischer | ... | Dr. Koska | |
| Mort Mills | ... | Farmer | |
| Carolyn Conwell | ... | Farmer's Wife | |
| Arthur Gould-Porter | ... | Freddy | |
| Gloria Gorvin | ... | Fräulein |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
128 min | Netherlands:118 min | France:126 min | Germany:126 minCountry:
USAColour:
Colour (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
France:U | Germany:12 (re-rated) (video) | Spain:18 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)MOVIEmeter: 
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Hitchcock wanted to cast Eva Marie Saint for the leading female role. But the studio forced him to cast Julie Andrews. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the farmhouse scene when Professor Armstrong is fighting with Gromek, Gromek is choking Professor Armstrong but Armstrong shows no signs of it, i.e. bruising, in later scenes. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Professor Karl Manfred: Are they ever going to get the heating fixed?
Norwegian crewman: They are working at it, Professor. Perhaps some of you scientists would like to give us a helping hand!
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The Emperor Waltz (Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437) moreFAQ
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"Torn Curtain" is an exceptional Alfred Hitchcock film that is for the most part intriguing, suspenseful, and entertaining. But it's not a masterpiece. Paul Newman stars as an American scientist who appears to be defecting to Germany. Julie Andrews, coming off her Oscar-winning film debut in "Mary Poppins" and her Oscar-nominated role in "The Sound of Music", plays Newman's associate and girlfriend who tags along for the ride. Along the way they run into an assorted bunch of odd but colorful supporting characters. "Torn Curtain" isn't as good as "Psycho", "The Birds" and "North by Northwest", but that doesn't make this a bad movie. Even though the movie moves a little slow at times, it's still an interesting and sometimes funny movie, well acted by Newman and Andrews.
*** (out of four)