Torn Curtain
“It tears you apart with suspense!”
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.
Genres
Thriller
Studio
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Torn Curtain performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$13.0M
Gross Profit
$10.0M
Return
4.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Michael Armstrong
Paul Newman
Michael Armstrong
Sarah Sherman
Julie Andrews
Sarah Sherman
Countess Kuchinska
Lila Kedrova
Countess Kuchinska
Heinrich Gerhard
Hansjörg Felmy
Heinrich Gerhard
Ballerina
Tamara Toumanova
Ballerina
Gustav Lindt
Ludwig Donath
Gustav Lindt
Hermann Gromek
Wolfgang Kieling
Hermann Gromek
Karl Manfred
Günter Strack
Karl Manfred
Mr. Jacobi
David Opatoshu
Mr. Jacobi
Dr. Koska
Gisela Fischer
Dr. Koska
Farmer
Mort Mills
Farmer
Farmer's Wife
Carolyn Conwell
Farmer's Wife
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