Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain

It tears you apart with suspense!

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Release Date

7/15/1966

Runtime

127 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$13,000,615

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A Cold War spy thriller where deception and mistrust breed danger at every turn. Hitchcock traps both protagonists and audience in an escalating nightmare where nothing is as it seems and allies become liabilities.

Mood

TenseParanoidUnsettling

Themes

BetrayalSurvival

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

FormalistHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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