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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. [3] The film stars James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, and Werner Peters.
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
Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over.
- George Seaton, Donald Roberts, Ted Schilz
- James Garner
An entire "American" military convalescent center has been set up deep in a German forest to fool Pike. Major Gerber is given 36 hours to extract the invasion plans from Pike. After that, Pike will be handed over to the SS to gain the information through their usual means.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. In occupied Germany in 1949, American military officer Jefferson Pike (James Garner) wakes up in a U.S. Army hospital with no memory of ...
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- James Garner
- George Seaton
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
George Seaton’s 36 Hours is a mostly entertaining pulpy tale. Major Jefferson Pike (James Garner) is drugged by those nasty Nazis in 1944 and tricked into thinking it’s 1950 and that WWII is over, with the good guys winning so that he will reveal the Allied plans for the invasion of Europe.
36 Hours Set during WW-II, Oscar-nominee James Garner stars as an American spy captured by German soldiers and brainwashed into believing the war is over.
