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Release Date:
14 July 1966 (USA)
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Tagline:
Suspense! Azione! Sorpresa! [Suspense! Action! Surprise!] more
Plot:
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 synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
The Best of Cold War Cinema
(From newser. 9 November 2009, 12:30 PM, PST)
Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $54
(From Slash Film. 28 October 2009, 9:32 AM, PDT)
(From newser. 9 November 2009, 12:30 PM, PST)
Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $54
(From Slash Film. 28 October 2009, 9:32 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(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 - the Bookseller |
| Gloria Gorvin | ... | Fräulein Mann |
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Runtime:
128 min | Germany:126 min | France:126 min | Netherlands:118 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
France:U |
Spain:18 |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Germany:12 (re-rated) (video) |
Brazil:14 |
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)
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Alfred Hitchcock originally wanted to cast Cary Grant in the lead role, but Grant told him he was too old.
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Goofs:
Boom mic visible: Reflected in the window of the farmhouse as Armstrong enters.
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Quotes:
[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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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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Unrequited Love (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
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Is it true that Hitchcock wanted to use a different ending?Was any of "Torn Curtain" actually filmed behind the Iron Curtain?
Why did the Pi woman on the bus get so upset to be helping Americans escape?
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It may have sounded like a perfect commercial operation. Two huge box office stars, Paul Newman and Julie Andrews with Hitchcock no less, at the helm. Paul Newman and Julie Andrews have the sexual chemistry of two white slices of bread and Hitchcock didn't have Bernard Herrman at his side. In fact Hitch and Herrmann broke off their successful marriage during this production. Pity. I love Hitchcock. There is a detachment here never seen before in a Hitch flick. As if the master was tired or uninterested. Paul Newman seems in a hurry to get the hell out of there - no pun intended. Julie Andrews seems bewildered and whatever little she's ask to do it's way beneath her. Lila Kedrova comes as a welcome relief. I can't believe the ones who accused her of being over the top. Over the top? Of course she was over the top, brilliantly. I love actresses and actors who chew the scenery but are believable, moving, entertaining, hysterically funny...Bette Davis, Charles Laughton, Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley... Lila Kedrova chew the scenery but you didn't forget her and in "Torn Courtain" you were grateful for someone chewing something. I also enjoyed Tamara Toumanova in her funny self parody. Her spotting Newman at the theater was one of the highlights of this minor Hitchkock film.