Torn Curtain (1966)


Torn Curtain
Release Date14 July 1966
Budget$6,000,000
TaglineSuspense! Azione! Sorpresa! [Suspense! Action! Surprise!]
GenreMystery, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
LanguageEnglish, German, Swedish, Norwegian
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPolitical Thriller
Niche GenreSpy Film
ThemesBehind the Iron Curtain, Totalitarian States, Traitorous Spies/Double Agents
TonesParanoid, Disturbing, Tense
TagsCaptive, Captor, Defector, Escape, Espionage, Formula, Kill, Missile, Political Intrigue, Scientist, Secret Plan, Secrets

Torn Curtain is a 1966 American political thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Professor Michael Armstrong

Sarah Sherman

Countess Kuchinska

Heinrich Gerhard

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

Farmer's Wife

Arthur Gould-Porter
Freddy - the Bookseller

Gloria Gorvin
Fräulein Mann

Robert Boon
Prof. Winkelmann

Peter Bourne
Prof. Olaf Hengström

Linda Carol
Dancer

Rico Cattani
Heinrich - Escape Bus Driver

Andrea Darvi
Gretl Koska

Maurice Doner
Hugo - Baggage Manager

Harold Dyrenforth
Otto Haupt

Horst Ebersberg
East German Interpreter

Ben Frommer
Sceptical-looking airline passenger

Sasha Harden
Border Guard

Joe Harris
Ballet Member

Idealistic Young Man

Man in hotel lobby with baby

Erik Holland
Hotel Travel Clerk

Ballet Member

Peter Lorre Jr.
Taxi Driver

Swedish photographer

Hedley Mattingly
Airline Official

Norbert Meisel
Factory Manager

Frank Oberschall
Airport Security Man

Gerd Rein
East German Policeman, Arresting Officer At Bus Sequence

Guard in post office

Norbert Schiller
Prof. Gutman

Lyle Sudrow
Swedish Captain

Blonde Twin in Bus

Director

Writer

Brian Moore

Willis Hall
uncredited

Keith Waterhouse
uncredited

Producer

producer

Original Music

John Addison

Cinematographer

John F. Warren

Editor

Bud Hoffman
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Production Designer

Hein Heckroth
-

Art Director

Frank Arrigo
-

Set Decorator

George Milo
-

Makeup Department

Jack Barron
makeup supervisor

Lorraine Roberson
hair stylist

Hal Saunders
hair stylist: Miss Andrews

Peter R.J. Deyell
makeup artist

Production Manager

Jack Corrick
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Donald Baer
assistant director

Art Department

Joseph Musso
production illustrator

Sound Department

William Russell
sound

Waldon O. Watson
sound

Stunts

David Sharpe
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Leonard J. South
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

costume designer: Miss Andrews

Grady Hunt
costume supervisor

Music Department

John Addison
conductor

Edward B. Powell
orchestrator

Other Crew

Peggy Robertson
assistant: Mr. Hitchcock

Lois Thurman
script supervisor

pictorial designs

Production Company

Universal Pictures

Distributor

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

MCA Videocassette Inc.

Universal Pictures
,

CIC Vídeo

MCA/Universal Home Video

Universal Home Video

Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
camera cranes






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