Talk:Torn Curtain

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Untitled[edit]

AFAIK, and the article in Wikipedia backs this, the MPAA ratings system stated being used in 1968, not 1966, so far from being "then-new" it was still "then-nonexistent". Couldn't this mean the interim "Suggested for mature audiences" was applied at the time of release with the film subsequently receving an "M/PG" when the film was retrospectively reviewed once the ratings system was inaugurated? Rlquall 15:32, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Road bandits[edit]

During the escape, the fake bus is ambushed by Army deserters. Were highwaymen a frequent occurence in real 1966 East Germany? --Error (talk) 23:10, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hardly. and even less plausible it is in my view that any road bandits would have preferred east german currency to jewels etc. one of a few plot flaws... 84.151.233.100 (talk) 18:14, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Attention should be called to the grotesquely anti-communist, propagandist nature of this film. However bureaucratic and Stalinist the East German Republic was, it is difficult to convince that there was a big an underground as the film creates. And for what? So the West could gain missile secrets, in order to blow away the East Germans?! This borders on the ludicrous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.83.168.42 (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hitchcock's cameo[edit]

It is written that in the film the hitchcock's cameo is long 8 minutes. I think that is wrong (8 minutes? too long): maybe 8 seconds. If someone can watch the film, please correct me or the text. --93.34.112.110 (talk) 17:18, 21 April 2013 (UTC)Simone[reply]

The sentence reads, "8 minutes into the film", meaning after the start of the film, 8 minutes go by before Hitchcock appears on screen—for only a few seconds as you noted. See also List of cameo appearances by Alfred Hitchcock. Bede735 (talk) 18:32, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake! Thanks for your answer88.55.136.100 (talk) 15:20, 22 April 2013 (UTC)Simone[reply]

Length of the plott summary[edit]

I checked, and the plot summary is/was currently 880 words. I will now attempt to trim it down by at least 180 words. Invertzoo (talk) 20:41, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE: Now it is 676 words, a more appropriate length. Invertzoo (talk) 21:05, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler Alert[edit]

Third sentence spoils the plot. Consider saying “defects” not “appears to defect” 24.219.27.53 (talk) 06:53, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]