The William Wellman Blogathon: "The Iron Curtain" (1948)
Theatrical release poster Directed by William A. Wellman, The Iron Curtain (1948) tells the true story of Igor Gouzenko (Dana Andrews), a Russian code specialist assigned to a secret wing of the Soviet Embassy in Canada in 1943, to aid them in their espionage efforts. Before Igor begins his work, Colonel Ranov (Stefan Schnabel), the head of the embassy's secret police, assigns agent Nina Karanova (June Havoc) to test his obedience through seduction, but he dutifully resists her charms. Soon, Igor is exposed to the cold and suspicious nature of his government's regime and discovers that the embassy is linked to the network of Communist agents who supply the information from Moscow. Their leader is the sinister John Grubb (Berry Kroeger), who is plotting to infiltrate branches of the Canadian government. After Igor decodes a message about an uranium plant being built, Grubb meets with Dr. Harold Norman (Nicholas Joy), a former Soviet ally working on an atomic energy pr...