Torn Curtain
Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova
Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
Writer: Brian Moore
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Torn Curtain is a 1966 American political thriller spy film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, and featuring Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling, and David Opatoshu in supporting roles.
Trivia
- By the time Torn Curtain, his fiftieth film, was conceived, Hitchcock was the most famous film director in Hollywood, having already reached the pinnacle of commercial success six years before with Psycho (1960).
- Audiences eagerly anticipated his next film.
- To find a gripping plot, Hitchcock turned toward the spy thriller genre, which was greatly in fashion since the early 1960s with the success of the James Bond series starting in 1962 with Dr. No. Hitchcock had already found success in that genre many times, most recently in 1959 with North by Northwest.
Filming Locations
- Hitchcock initially wanted to shoot the film entirely on location in the Eastern Bloc but could not because he refused to give East German officials a copy of his screenplay.
- Principal photography of the film began on 18 October 1965 on Stage 18 at the Universal back lot in Los Angeles.
- Some additional location shooting took place in Frankfurt, West Germany.
Previous Showings
2 Runs • 2 Festivals
1,144 tickets sold
All runs on record (2):
- April 10 - 12, 2000 · 461 ticketsHitchcock 2000w/ Topaz
- May 28 - 29, 2026 · 683 ticketsHitchcock, The Master of Suspensew/ Topaz