Movie
36 Hours
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-11-26
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Perlberg-Seaton Productions, Cherokee Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Garner as Major Jefferson F. Pike
- Eva Marie Saint as Anna Hedler
- Rod Taylor as Major Walter Gerber
- Werner Peters as Otto Schack
- John Banner as Ernst
- Russell Thorson as Gen. Allison
- Alan Napier as Col. Peter MacLean
- Oscar Beregi Jr. as Lt. Col. Ostermann
- Ed Gilbert as Capt. Abbott
- Sig Ruman as German Guard
- Celia Lovsky as Elsa
- Karl Held as Cpl. Kenter
Crew
- George Seaton - Director
- George Seaton - Screenplay
- Carl K. Hittleman - Story
- Luis H. Vance - Story
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