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5.2/10   49 votes
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Writer:
Steve Fisher (story)
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Release Date:
4 December 1953 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Her frame was the only build-up to the frame-up! more
Plot:
An American pilot AWOL from the states is framed for his wife's murder and has just 36 hours to prove his innocence. full summary | add synopsis
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What street? What terror? more (5 total)

Cast

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Dan Duryea ... Major Bill Rogers
Elsie Albiin ... Katherine 'Katie' Rogers (as Elsy Albiin)
Gudrun Ure ... Sister Jenny Miller (as Ann Gudrun)

Eric Pohlmann ... Slossen, the smuggler
John Chandos ... Orville Hart
Kenneth Griffith ... Henry Slosson
Harold Lang ... Harry Cross, desk clerk
Jane Carr ... Soup Kitchen Supervisor
Michael Golden ... The Inspector
Marianne Stone ... Pam Palmer
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Christine Adrian ... Mrs. Hart (uncredited)
Sheila Berry ... Wren (uncredited)
Gabrielle Blunt ... Wren (uncredited)
Kenneth Brown ... Cop (uncredited)
Richard Ford ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Angela Glynne ... Wren (uncredited)
Robert Henderson ... Pop, the pilot (uncredited)
Jacqueline McKenzie ... Canteen Waitress (uncredited)
Russell Napier ... Detective at Ann's Apartment (uncredited)
Robert O'Neal ... Driver (uncredited)
Lee Patterson ... Joe (uncredited)
Cleo Rose ... Wren (uncredited)
Stephen Vercoe ... Ned Palmer (uncredited)
John Warren ... Clerk (uncredited)
John Wynn ... Detective Sergeant Blake (uncredited)
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Directed by
Montgomery Tully 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Steve Fisher  story and screenplay

Produced by
Anthony Hinds .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ivor Slaney 
 
Cinematography by
Walter J. Harvey  (as Walter Harvey)
 
Film Editing by
James Needs 
 
Art Direction by
J. Elder Wills 
 
Makeup Department
Nina Broe .... hair stylist (uncredited)
Philip Leakey .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
John 'Pinky' Green .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jimmy Sangster .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Bill Salter .... sound recordist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Len Harris .... camera operator (as Leonard Harris)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Molly Arbuthnot .... wardrobe mistress (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Ivor Slaney .... conductor
Malcolm Arnold .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
John Hollingsworth .... music supervisor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Renée Glynne .... continuity
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Terror Street (USA)
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Runtime:
80 min | 85 min (DVD)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Major Bill Rogers: Just a minute, let's get this straight. Who are you?
Henry Slosson: Henry Slosson.
Major Bill Rogers: And your uncle? What's he done so bad that Orville can shake him down?
Henry Slosson: He's a terrible man. My life has been corrupted and dirtied by him! He deals in every shady business in the gutter of mankind!
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
What street? What terror?, 27 August 2009
6/10
Author: JohnHowardReid

Despite its bad press, "36 Hours" (1953) is not a total write-off. True, Dan Duryea is miscast as hero rather than villain and the girls are not much to write home about. But it's beautifully photographed by "Heads" Harvey (called "Heads" because of his fondness for placing the top of the actors' heads right against the frame line) and directed with a surprising amount of style by Montgomery Tully. The support cast lines up as one of the most solid assembled by Hammer with Eric Pohlmann and John Chandos as the heavies, Russell Napier and Michael Golden as detectives, Kenneth Griffith as the psycho, Lee Patterson in a tiny role as the co-pilot, and best of all, Harold Lang as the desk clerk.

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