Torn Curtain | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster by Howard Terpning | |
Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
Written by | |
Screenplay by | Brian Moore |
Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock |
Starring | |
Cinematography | John F. Warren |
Edited by | Bud Hoffman |
Music by | John Addison |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English German |
Budget | $3 million[1] |
Box office | $13 million[1] |
Torn Curtain is a 1966 American spy political thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Written by Brian Moore, the film is set in the Cold War. It is about an American scientist who appears to defect behind the Iron Curtain to East Germany. It is the first of Hitchcock's films to be released without a score by Bernard Herrmann, after the end of their collaboration.
The film was released July 14, 1966, in the United States. The film was not well received by critics on its release, who criticized the plot and the pacing. The film was a box-office disappointment, reaching $13 million worldwide, over its $3 million budget.