The Iron Curtain (film)

The Iron Curtain
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam A. Wellman
Screenplay byMilton Krims
Based onI Was Inside Stalin's Spy Ring
1947 articles in
Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan
by Igor Gouzenko
Produced bySol C. Siegel
StarringDana Andrews
Gene Tierney
Narrated byReed Hadley
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byLouis R. Loeffler
Music byAlfred Newman
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • May 12, 1948 (1948-05-12)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (US rentals)[1]

The Iron Curtain is a 1948 American thriller film starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney, directed by William A. Wellman. It was the first film on the Cold War.[2] The film was based on the memoirs of Igor Gouzenko.[3] Principal photography was done on location in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by Charles G. Clarke.[4] The film was later re-released as Behind the Iron Curtain.

In Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox, Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich unsuccessfully sued 20th Century-Fox, the film's distributor, in New York court, for using musical works of his that could not be excluded from the public domain. However, the plaintiffs were victorious in the French analog Société Le Chant du Monde v. Société Fox Europe and Société Fox Americaine Twentieth Century.

  1. ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
  2. ^ Christopher Newfield (2020). "Cold War and Culture War". In Paul Lauter (ed.). Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture A Companion to American Literature and Culture Genealogies of American Literary Study. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 76. doi:10.1002/9781444320626.ch5. ISBN 9781444320626.
  3. ^ "The Iron Curtain". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  4. ^ Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 75. ISBN 0-302-00477-7.