36 Hours – 1954

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Copyright 1953 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead
RCA Sound System
Black & White 80 mins
Storyline
An American pilot AWOL from the states is framed for his wife’s murder and has just 36 hours to prove his innocence.
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Art Director | J. Elder Wills | 52 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 |
Assistant Director | Jimmy Sangster | 25 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 |
Camera Operator | Len Harris | 36 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 52 |
Continuity | Renee Glynne | 26 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 38 |
Directed by | Montgomery Tully | 48 | 6 May 1904 | 10 Oct 1988 | 84 | 4 |
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey Bsc | 49 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 34 |
Editor | James Needs | 33 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 110 |
Hairdresser | Nina Broe | 1993 | 10 | |||
Make-up | Phil Leakey | 44 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 48 |
Music Composed and Conducted by | Ivor Slaney | 31 | 27 May 1921 | 20 Mar 1998 | 76 | 11 |
Produced by | Anthony Hinds | 30 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 |
Production Manager | John (Pinky) Green | 43 | 14 Feb 1909 | 1 Jul 1978 | 69 | 7 |
Recordist | Bill Salter | 1983 | 17 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances | |
Harry Cross, desk clerk | Harold Lang | 29 | 1923 | 16 Nov 1970 | 47 | 8 | |
Henry Slosson | Kenneth Griffith | 31 | 12 Oct 1921 | 25 Jun 2006 | 84 | 1 | |
Katherine “Katie” Rogers | Elsie Albin | 31 | 17 Dec 1921 | 3 Apr 2009 | 87 | 1 | |
Major Bill Rogers | Dan Duryea | 45 | 23 Jan 1907 | 7 Jun 1968 | 61 | 1 | |
Orville Hart | John Chandos | 35 | 27 Jul 1917 | 21 Sep 1987 | 70 | 1 | |
Pam Palmer | Marianne Stone | 30 | 23 Aug 1922 | 21 Dec 2009 | 87 | 9 | |
Sister Jenny Miller | Gudrun Ure (as Ann Gudrun) | 26 | 12 Mar 1926 | 95 | 1 | ||
Slossen, the smuggler | Eric Pohlmann | 39 | 18 Jul 1913 | 25 Jul 1979 | 66 | 7 | |
Soup kitchen supervisor | Jane Carr | 43 | 1 Aug 1909 | 29 Sep 1957 | 48 | 2 | |
The Inspector | Michael Golden | 39 | 15 Aug 1913 | 1983 | 69 | 3 |
Production
FILMING BEGAN | 1 May 1953 | |
UK RELEASE | 25 October 1954 | |
STUDIO | Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England |
Footnotes
Character actor Eric Pohlmann went on to provide the voice for Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond films “From Russia with Love (1963) and “Thunderball (1965)”. He also appeared in 6 other Hammer films – “The Gambler and the Lady (1952)”, “Blood Orange (1952)”,”Break in the Circle (1955)”, “The Glass Cage (1955)”, “Further Up the Creek (1958)” and “Passport to China (1960)”.
Ann Gudrun played “Supergran” in the 1885 ITV series of the same name.
On 16th November 1970, Harold Lang died of a heart attack whilst travelling through Egypt.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection