Torn Curtain
Torn Curtain ★★½ 1966
American scientist poses as a defector to East Germany in order to uncover details of the Soviet missile program. He and his fiancee, who follows him behind the Iron Curtain, attempt to escape to freedom. Derivative and uninvolving. 125m/C VHS, DVD . Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, David Opatoshu; D: Alfred Hitchcock; W: Brian Moore; C: John F. Warren; M: John Addison.
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