Directed by:
Alfred HitchcockScreenplay:
Brian MooreCinematography:
John F. WarrenComposer:
John AddisonCast:
Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Tamara Toumanova, Wolfgang Kieling, David Opatoshu, Alfred Hitchcock, Wilhelm von Homburg, Carolyn Conwell (more)VOD (3)
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Paul Newman and Julie Andrews star in this classic tale of international espionage set behind the Iron Curtain. Newman plays world-famous scientist Michael Armstrong, who goes to an international congress of phsyics in Copenhagen with his fiancée/assistant Sarah Sherman (Andrews). While there she mistakenly picks up a message meant for him and discovers that he is defecting to East Germany. Or is he? As Armstorng goes undercover to glean top-secret information, the couple are swept up in a heart-pounding chase by enemy agents in this action-packed Cold War thriller. (Universal Pictures UK)
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I have a soft spot for Cold War spy stories, and I have to rank this one among the best. Torn Curtain has the momentum of North by Northwest from start to finish, though, admittedly, it's not quite as majestic. The scenes on the farm, on the bus and in the theatre are particularly excellent. Paul Newman ultimately plays it entirely his own way, though it initially looks like he's going to (or should) do a James Stewart impression, and Julie Andrews keeps up with him. It's a shame that Hitchcock got into a fight with Bernard Herrmann, because his music, judging by the DVD preview, would have been better than John Addison's.
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