A decent and really intriguing film with fine performances all around -James Garner, Rod Taylor and Eve Marie Saint- make this an agreeable thriller even after that question is answered . Captors Germans abduct an American Major with knowledge of top-secret invasion and he is drugged and tortured by Nazis. The Nazis think he has information on plans for another invasion . He wakes up in an Army hospital with amnesia , as Pike can't remember anything about this . When they can't get the information through torture they attempt something totally different . Pike is also being treated by Dr. Gerber (Rod Taylor) and Diana (Eva Marie Saint) to recover from his memory loss. But Pike begins to think that Dr. Gerber has a different intention for him . They 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. Then , he's coerced into telling the Nazi Doctor Gerber and his Gestapo overlord (Werner Peters) , all the plans concerning the D-Day landings by allied forces in France. Are they telling the truth or is this an elaborate hoax ?
A nail-biting and enjoyable movie with workmanlike direction and solid interpretations , containing an attractive premise : a high-ranking WWII Army Officer is captured by the Nazis , Pike is then woken up , told the war is over and they want the date of Normandy . But Maj. Jefferson Pike, in a position to lose the entire war for the Allied forces in Europe and he's not sure what's real and what isn't , especially when the doc asks him to explain , in great detail , what happened just before he lost his memory . The main and support cast do reasonable jobs . James Garner is frankly well as Pike , as he is kidnapped, drugged and taken to a supposedly American hospital in what is supposed to be post war Germany . Eva Marie Saint is brilliant as the nurse who cares and deceives him . While Rod Taylor , unusually cast , is the best as an American-speaking dedicated German shrink telling him that war's been over some time . Along with an adequate secondary cast , such as : Werner Peters giving memorable acting as a nasty SS officer , John Banner , Russell Thorson , Sig Ruman and veteran Alan Napier . It had an acceptable but inferior remake with similar plot as interesting in their own right as the original , though really no match for the previous line up of , titled ¨Breaking Point¨(original title1989) by Peter Markle with Corbin Bernsen , Joanna Pacula , John Glover , David Marshall Grant , Lawrence Pressman.
This motion picture 36 Hours was stunningly directed by George Seaton. Professional and polish writer and director who occasionally rose well above his average standard and was twice rewarded with Academy Award for so making . Seaton formed a partnership with William Perlberg , was to produce all Seaton's movies for several years . Both of them produced and directed the following successes as ¨Miracle on 34th Street¨, ¨The country girl¨, a monster Box office as ¨Airport¨ , the warlike movie : ¨Counterfeit traitor¨ and , of course , another unusual War film as ¨36 hours¨ . Rating : 7.5/10 . Above average .
A nail-biting and enjoyable movie with workmanlike direction and solid interpretations , containing an attractive premise : a high-ranking WWII Army Officer is captured by the Nazis , Pike is then woken up , told the war is over and they want the date of Normandy . But Maj. Jefferson Pike, in a position to lose the entire war for the Allied forces in Europe and he's not sure what's real and what isn't , especially when the doc asks him to explain , in great detail , what happened just before he lost his memory . The main and support cast do reasonable jobs . James Garner is frankly well as Pike , as he is kidnapped, drugged and taken to a supposedly American hospital in what is supposed to be post war Germany . Eva Marie Saint is brilliant as the nurse who cares and deceives him . While Rod Taylor , unusually cast , is the best as an American-speaking dedicated German shrink telling him that war's been over some time . Along with an adequate secondary cast , such as : Werner Peters giving memorable acting as a nasty SS officer , John Banner , Russell Thorson , Sig Ruman and veteran Alan Napier . It had an acceptable but inferior remake with similar plot as interesting in their own right as the original , though really no match for the previous line up of , titled ¨Breaking Point¨(original title1989) by Peter Markle with Corbin Bernsen , Joanna Pacula , John Glover , David Marshall Grant , Lawrence Pressman.
This motion picture 36 Hours was stunningly directed by George Seaton. Professional and polish writer and director who occasionally rose well above his average standard and was twice rewarded with Academy Award for so making . Seaton formed a partnership with William Perlberg , was to produce all Seaton's movies for several years . Both of them produced and directed the following successes as ¨Miracle on 34th Street¨, ¨The country girl¨, a monster Box office as ¨Airport¨ , the warlike movie : ¨Counterfeit traitor¨ and , of course , another unusual War film as ¨36 hours¨ . Rating : 7.5/10 . Above average .