36 Hours (1965 film)
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| Directed by | George Seaton |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Screenplay by | George Seaton |
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Carl K. Hittleman
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| Based on | "Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl |
| Starring |
James Garner Rod Taylor Eva Marie Saint |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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115 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,200,000 (US/ Canada rentals) |
36 Hours is a 1965 American suspense film, based on the short story "Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl. The picture stars James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor and was directed by George Seaton. On June 2, 1944, a German army doctor tries to obtain vital information from an American military intelligence officer by convincing him that it is 1950 and World War II is long over.
Having attended General Eisenhower's final briefing on the Normandy landings, U.S. Army Major Jeff Pike (James Garner) is sent to Lisbon on June 1, 1944, to meet an informant to confirm that the Nazis still expect the invasion at the Pas de Calais. Unfortunately, he is abducted and transported to Germany.
Pike wakes up in what looks like a U.S. Army hospital. His hair is graying, and he needs glasses to read. He is told it is May 1950 and he is in post-war Occupied Germany. Psychiatrist Major Walter Gerber (Rod Taylor) explains that Pike has been having episodes of memory loss ever since he was tortured in Lisbon. He advises Pike that his blocked memories have always resurfaced, helped along by a therapy of remembering events prior to Lisbon and then pushing forward into the blank period. Various props including Army jeeps and uniforms, baseball, and fake letters, newspaper and radio broadcasts, are used to carefully convince Pike that the year is 1950 and that he is among fellow Americans. He is assisted by a nurse, the dispassionate Anna Hedler (Eva Marie Saint). Pike is completely taken in by the deception. As part of his "therapy", he recounts the critical details of the invasion plans, including the location and the date, June 5, to his eager listeners.
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