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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | George Seaton |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 19 February, 1965 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Warner) |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Video Transfer, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Feature Film-drama, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616084934 |
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Customer Reviews of 36 Hours (1964)
An Interesting But Not Great James Garner Vehicle This is a film with an interesting premise that unfortunately runs out of steam midway through. Garner fans should probably see it at some point. May be hard to find as it's apparently not out yet on DVD.
A Psychological Espionage Thriller
James Garner is excellent in this WWII thriller about Major Pike, a man who is drugged and kidnapped on a mission in Lisbon, which was a hub of intrigue during the war years. He is taken to an "American hospital" in Germany, where they tell him he has amnesia, and has been hospitalized for years, in hopes of getting information on where and when the Allied invasion will take place. With some hair dye and eye drops that blur his vision, and a newspaper that is dated "May 15, 1950", Maj. Pike is disoriented, and believes the elaborate hoax, but has an uneasy feeling that all is not as it seems.
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>The people who pretend to be "helping him" are Eva Marie Saint as his nurse, Anna, who has a numbered tattoo from Auschwitz, and will do anything not to be sent back there, and Rod Taylor as Major Gerber, the psychiatrist. Werner Peters is the evil SS Agent Schack, whose only interest is in his own promotion. The main thrust of the plot is how Maj. Pike is to survive, and how he can keep the Nazis in the dark about D-Day. There are a few twists to the story, which for the most part holds water, though there is a slight discrepancy that to me is now obvious, but I have seen this film countless times, and do not think I noticed it until the 3rd viewing.
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>The taut script is based on Roald Dahl's "Beware of the Dog", and the direction by George Seaton is nicely paced with many tense moments. Dimitri Tiomkin composed the soundtrack, and the black & white cinematography by Philip Lathrop was shot on location in Portugal, Germany and Yosemite National Park. Total running time is 115 minutes.
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The Best of the "Amnesia" Plots--Don't Miss It.
If you haven't seen the "amnesia plot," then by all means see 36 HOURS. It's one of the best plots of all time! The plot was also employed in a movie called BREAKING POINT, as well as in a two-part (that is, two-hour) Mission Impossible program. In dramatic terms, the Mission Impossible show ranks the best, BREAKING POINT second, and 36 HOURS last. But once you've seen the premise, then 36 HOURS is by far the most intelligent of the three presentations. Garner and Saint are superb in their roles. Leonard Maltin is DEAD WRONG in saying that the film "peters out" as it goes along. What he might be saying is that once you've grokked the fabulous plot, then it's downhill. But after all, there's no topping this plot! So the movie has to unwind some. 36 HOURS does the best unwinding, because it plays variations on the plot, and you're kept in suspense about who really knows what. BREAKING POINT, while more dramatic at first, "peters out" much more rapidly; in fact, we don't care any more after the first half hour. The Mission Impossible sequence (which I only saw on TV--somehow they haven't produced it for DVD or video, though I'm sure they will someday) keeps the suspense up as only "Mission Impossible" can do. Bottom line: if you haven't seen any of them, then by all means get 36 HOURS! After you've seen that, you'll probably want to see the other two too.