Movie

Torn Curtain

Released: July 14, 1966 (1966)

Runtime: 127 minutes

Genres: Thriller

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Ludwig Donath as Gustav Lindt
Age at release: 66
Lila Kedrova as Countess Kuchinska
Age at release: 56
David Opatoshu as Mr. Jacobi
Age at release: 48
Tamara Toumanova as Ballerina
Age at release: 47
Wolfgang Kieling as Hermann Gromek
Age at release: 42
Paul Newman as Michael Armstrong
Age at release: 41
Günter Strack as Karl Manfred
Age at release: 37
Gisela Fischer as Dr. Koska
Age at release: 37
Hansjörg Felmy as Heinrich Gerhard
Age at release: 35
Julie Andrews as Sarah Sherman
Age at release: 30

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Frank Baker as Party Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: 73
William Yetter Sr. as Post Office Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: 70
Norbert Schiller as Professor Gutman (uncredited)
Age at release: 66
Arthur Gould-Porter as Freddy
Age at release: 61
Leoda Richards as Woman Backstage (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
Hedley Mattingly as Airline Official (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Dick Cherney as Clerk (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Robert Boon as Prof. Winkelmann (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
Kaaren Verne as Stewardess (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Mort Mills as Farmer
Age at release: 47
Albert Szabo as Herr Albert (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
William Glover as British Correspondent (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Paul Sorensen as Swedish Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Curt Lowens as VOPO Officer at Roadblock (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Carolyn Conwell as Farmer's Wife
Age at release: 36
Horst Ebersberg as East German Interpreter (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
Wilhelm von Homburg as Blonde Twin in Bus (uncredited)
Age at release: 25
Mischa Hausserman as Idealistic Young Man (uncredited)
Age at release: 24
Britt Semand as Magda (uncredited)
Age at release: 15
Gloria Govrin as Miss Mann
Age at release: Unknown