Alfred Hitchcock's 1966 spy thriller has one of the lowest reputations of his late works. Coming after a masterpiece like Marnie, it almost had to be a disappointment. But Hitchcock was incapable of making an uninteresting film.
Torn Curtain
It tears you apart with suspense!
1966 · 2h 7m · PG
Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- Paul Newman as Michael Armstrong
- Julie Andrews as Sarah Sherman
- Lila Kedrova as Countess Kuchinska
- Hansjörg Felmy as Heinrich Gerhard
- Tamara Toumanova as Ballerina
- Ludwig Donath as Gustav Lindt
- Wolfgang Kieling as Hermann Gromek
- Günter Strack as Karl Manfred
- David Opatoshu as Mr. Jacobi
- Gisela Fischer as Dr. Koska
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Hitchcock freshens up his bag of tricks in a good potpourri which becomes a bit stale through a noticeable lack of zip and pacing.
In these times, with James Bonds cutting capers and pallid spies coming in out of the cold, Mr. Hitchcock will have to give us something a good bit brighter to keep us amused.
An above-average quota of glaringly shaky process work; but at least one classic sequence of protracted violence in a farmhouse kitchen.
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