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Director:
George Seaton
Writers:
George Seaton (screenplay)
Roald Dahl (story)
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Release Date:
19 February 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
War | Thriller more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Great interplay between James Garner and Rod Taylor more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Garner ... Major Jefferson Pike

Eva Marie Saint ... Anna Hedler
Rod Taylor ... Major Walter Gerber
Werner Peters ... Otto Schack
John Banner ... Ernst
Russell Thorson ... General Allison
Alan Napier ... Colonel Peter MacLean
Oscar Beregi Jr. ... Lt. Colonel Ostermann (as Oscar Beregi)
Ed Gilbert ... Captain Abbott
Sig Ruman ... German Guard
Celia Lovsky ... Elsa
Karl Held ... Corporal Kenter
Martin Kosleck ... Kraatz
Marjorie Bennett ... Charwoman
Henry Rowland ... German Soldier
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Thirty Six Hours (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color | Black and White (archive footage)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (Certificate #20743) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Portugal more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: The postcard from Lisbon reads "Sudações de Lisboa". It should be "Saudações" instead. more
Quotes:
Maj. Jefferson F. Pike: Can't you cry?
Anna Hedler, Nurse: I've used up all my tears!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Remington Steele: Forged Steele (#4.5)" (1985) more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Great interplay between James Garner and Rod Taylor, 17 June 2005
7/10
Author: jeremy-tarling from United Kingdom

Really enjoyed this film, an engaging mix of psychological banter with pre-D-Day espionage tension.

The best scenes for me were the dialogues between James Garner and Rod Taylor, they'd make a great film on their own. Garner has that amazing combination of intellect and machismo - he can debate the moral aspect of duty and then knock out a guard just as convincingly

Eva Marie Saint's performance is very strong too as the concentration-camp victim unable to express emotion after the trauma that she has experienced. The power of Roald Dahl's writing comes through here, as she acts as a constant reminder to us of the grim realities of the war in the context of the other charismatic characters.

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