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36 Hours is a 1964 American war thriller film written and directed by George Seaton from a story by Carl K. Hittleman and Luis Vance, based on the 1944 short story "Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl. The film stars James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, and Werner Peters.
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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.
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.
Piece by piece, Pike is sold the idea that it is now May 1950, the war is long over, and he is convalescing at an American military hospital in occupied Germany. Both Major Gerber and pretty nurse Anna Hedler (Eva Marie Saint) are leading actors in the ruse.
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.
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William Perlberg. Dimitri Tiomkin. Franklin Milton. Roald Dahl. George Seaton. Carl K. Hittleman. Luis H. Vance. 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.
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.
Cast and crew of «36 Hours» (1964). Roles and the main characters. James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor
Discover the star cast of 36 Hours, a thrilling WWII movie where Germans kidnap an American major to extract details about the Allied invasion of Europe from him.
