Review of Torn Curtain (1966) by Cameron J — 06 Jan 2014

An American scientist and his fiancée assistant are drawn into a web of espionage behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Hitchcock tried to give this film a more natural and less studio-like look though an impending sense of melancholia and by going back to his trademark romantic espionage storyline roots.

However, the script is sometimes tedious and not the brightest of his filmography, that with this film had reached number 50. Newman and Andrews were at the height of their career around this time, but feel somewhat miscast.