Thursday, December 28, 2017

Torn Curtain (1966)


Universal Pictures
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Universal)

Scientist Paul Newman defects to East Germany, much to the chagrin of his fiance and assistant Julie Andrews. She secretly follows him there and he eventually tells her that it is all a ruse to learn secrets of the German missile program. He coaxes a formula out of a mathematician, then turns to an underground network to help them escape. A couple of good scenes, including a fight with a guard, but otherwise lackluster Hitchcock production. The leads are miscast and lack chemistry.

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