36 Hours ( Thirty Six Hours )

36 Hours (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Alternate Title: Thirty Six Hours
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Seaton

Written By:
George Seaton
Roald Dahl

Actors:
James Garner ..... Maj. Jefferson Pike
Eva Marie Saint ..... Anna Hedler
Rod Taylor ..... Maj. Walter Gerber
Werner Peters ..... Otto Schack
John Banner ..... Ernst
Russell Thorson ..... Gen. Allison
Alan Napier ..... Col. Peter MacLean
Oscar Beregi Jr. ..... Lt. Col. Ostermann
Ed Gilbert ..... Capt. Abbott
Sig Ruman ..... German Guard
Celia Lovsky ..... Elsa
Karl Held ..... Cpl. Kenter
Martin Kosleck ..... Kraatz
Marjorie Bennett ..... Charwoman
Henry Rowland ..... German Soldier

Synopsis:

In this psychological war-drama an Army Major is captured by the Germans during World War II. They attempt to brainwash him into believing the war is over and that he is safe in an Allied hospital, so that he will divulge Allied invasion plans.

Just days prior to the launch of D-Day in June 1944, the Nazis kidnap Maj. Jefferson Pike in Lisbon and transport him to Germany. They have established an elaborate ruse to convince him that it is 1950 and that the war is long over. They have built a replica of an American hospital, staffed it with English-speaking personnel and tell Pike he has been suffering from periodic loss of memory since the war's end. What they really want to learn is where the Allies will launch their assault on Fortress Europe: the Pas de Calais or Normandy. He is initially taken in and gives away the plans for the Normandy invasion. Once he realizes what is happening, he not only has to convince them he was lying the first time around but find a way to escape.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 30 November, 2016.