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.
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $13M
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Torn Curtain returned 4.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $13M
- Release date
- Jul 14, 1966
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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