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36 Hours. In occupied Germany in 1949, American military officer Jefferson Pike (James Garner) wakes up in a U.S. Army hospital with no memory of the previous five years.
36 Hours: Directed by George Seaton. With James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, Werner Peters. Germans kidnap an American Major and try to convince him that World War II is over so they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
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- Thriller, War
- George Seaton
- 1965-02-19
36 Hours is a beautifully made thriller about an American major captured by the Germans in World War II not long before D-Day, and who is drugged and made to age artificially, so that when he wakes up he thinks five years have passed, that the war is over, and that the Americans won.
36 Hours - Metacritic. 1965. Approved. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 1 h 55 m. Summary Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him. Thriller. War. Directed By: George Seaton.
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- George Seaton
- Approved
- 2 min
By Variety Staff. 36 Hours is a fanciful war melodrama limning an incident during that crucial number of hours immediately preceding D-Day. The production takes its title from the span of...
The premise, based on a story by Willy Wonka creator Roald Dahl, is as outrageous as it is ingenious. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2020. Merl Edelman Los Angeles...
Rugged leading man James Garner stars as Major Jefferson Pike in 36 Hours (1964), a tense World War II espionage thriller. During an American intelligence assignment in Lisbon, Pike is drugged and captured by the Germans on the verge of D-Day.
