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review: torn curtain (1966)
By vrtualme | October 21, 2007
I wonder how many times it actually happened in real life, but Alfred Hitchcock’s Torn Curtain (1966) tells the story of an American who defects to communist East Germany. Ok, the story is a bit more complicated than that; the more interesting part being how he gets back out. Hitchcock’s 50th film stars Paul Newman (Oscar winner for The Color of Money 1986) and Julie Andrews (Oscar winner for Mary Poppins 1964) as scientists trying to get the missing key to an important formula. 
This film marked the end of Hitchcock’s long partnership with composer Bernard Herrmann after his score was dropped in favor of a more upbeat one. Hitchcock’s trademark cameo has him sitting in a hotel lobby bouncing a baby on his lap.