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The Iron Curtain (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Iron Curtain
other title: A Cortina de Ferro / Le rideau de fer
The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.
The Secret Ways (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Secret Ways
director: Phil Karlson actor: Richard Widmark / Sonja Ziemann
other title: Le vie segrete / Farlig flugt
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.
Houdini (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Houdini
director: George Marshall actor: Tony Curtis / Janet Leigh
other title: Il mago Houdini / Houdini, O Homem Miraculoso
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
Diplomatic Courier (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Diplomatic Courier
director: Henry Hathaway actor: Tyrone Power / Patricia Neal
other title: Corriere diplomatico / Kurier nach Triest
During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting point, a train station in Salzburg, his contact turns up dead, and the message is nowhere to be found. With no clear suspect in sight, Kells must sort through his uncertain relationships with two women, while sidestepping the pitfalls of subterfuge, sabotage and spies in his search for the documents.
The 27th Day (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The 27th Day
director: William Asher actor: Gene Barry / Valerie French
other title: I 27 giorni del pianeta Sigma / Der 27. Tag
Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container holding three capsules. The alien explains that no power on earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given, then anyone may take a capsule and, by speaking a latitude and longitude at it, cause instant death to all within a given radius: thus each of the five has been provided with the power of life and death. Then, they are given 27 days to decide whether to use the capsules, and returned to the places from which each one came...
Firefox (1982) [Movie] WikiData Skybridge IMDb TMDB
Firefox
other title: Firefox - Volpe di fuoco / Firefox, l'arme absolue
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.