IRON CURTAIN

Original British 22 inch x 28 inch Half Sheet Poster for the 1948 William A. Wellman Thriller THE IRON CURTAIN, based on the story by Igor Gouzenko and starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Edna Best, Stefan Schnabel, Nicholas Joy, Eduard Franz and Frederic Tozere.

The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada.

Printed by Stafford & Co. Ltd., Netherfield, Nottingham and London

The poster is in good unfolded (rolled) condition with a piece out of the bottom right corner and slight age discoloration.