Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 1966
Torn Curtain
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Paul NewmanMichael Armstrong
Julie AndrewsSarah Sherman
Lila KedrovaCountess Kuchinska
Hansjörg FelmyHeinrich Gerhard
Tamara ToumanovaBallerina
Ludwig DonathGustav Lindt
Wolfgang KielingHermann Gromek
Günter StrackKarl Manfred
David OpatoshuMr. Jacobi
Gisela FischerDr. Koska
Mort MillsFarmer
Carolyn ConwellFarmer's Wife
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Arthur Gould-PorterFreddy
Gloria GovrinMiss Mann
Norbert SchillerProfessor Gutman (uncredited)
Leoda RichardsWoman Backstage (uncredited)
Frank BakerParty Guest (uncredited)
Alfred HitchcockMan in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
William GloverBritish Correspondent (uncredited)
Mischa HaussermanIdealistic Young Man (uncredited)
Britt SemandMagda (uncredited)
William Yetter Sr.Post Office Patron (uncredited)
Kaaren VerneStewardess (uncredited)
Paul SorensenSwedish Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Hedley MattinglyAirline Official (uncredited)
Curt LowensVOPO Officer at Roadblock (uncredited)
Horst EbersbergEast German Interpreter (uncredited)
Dick CherneyClerk (uncredited)
Wilhelm von HomburgBlonde Twin in Bus (uncredited)
Albert SzaboHerr Albert (uncredited)
Robert BoonProf. Winkelmann (uncredited)
Walter BaconCoffee House Patron (uncredited)
John BleiferDanish Waiter at Hotel D'Angleterre (uncredited)
Barry CahillAmerican Correspondent (uncredited)
George FordParty Guest (uncredited)
Ben FrommerPlane Passenger (uncredited)
Lars HensenWaiter (uncredited)
Erik HollandHotel Travel Clerk (uncredited)
Walter JanovitzElderly Man on Bus (uncredited)
Murray PollackReporter (uncredited)
Arthur ToveyHotel Guest (uncredited)
Chalky WilliamsDockhand (uncredited)
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