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	03.08.1926		94	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	33
Editor	James Needs	33	17 Oct 1919		2003	83	111
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	12.03.1926		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