Torn Curtain 1966

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Alfred Hitchcock's 1966 spy thriller has one of the lowest reputations of his late works. Coming after a masterpiece like Marnie, it almost had to be a disappointment. But Hitchcock was incapable of making an uninteresting film. Read more

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: In these times, with James Bonds cutting capers and pallid spies coming in out of the cold, Mr. Hitchcock will have to give us something a good bit brighter to keep us amused. Read more

Time Out: An above-average quota of glaringly shaky process work; but at least one classic sequence of protracted violence in a farmhouse kitchen. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Hitchcock freshens up his bag of tricks in a good potpourri which becomes a bit stale through a noticeable lack of zip and pacing. Read more