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 Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	J. Elder Wills	54	26 Apr 1900	1970	69	22		22
Ast. Director	Jimmy Sangster	26	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Camera Operator	Len Harris	38	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Continuity	Renee Glynne	28	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Montgomery Tully	50	6 May 1904	10 Oct 1988	84	4		4
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	51	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	34		34
Editor	James Needs	35	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hairdresser	Nina Broe			1993		10		10
Make-up	Phil Leakey	46	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Composed & Conducted by	Ivor Slaney	33	27 May 1921	20 Mar 1998	76	11	1	12
Producer	Anthony Hinds	32	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	John (Pinky) Green	45	14 Feb 1909	Jul 1978	69	7		7
Recordist	Bill Salter			1983		17		17
Uncredited
Assembly Cutter	Henry Richardson	18	13 Jan 1936	31 Jul 2017	81	4	7	11
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	35	1 Oct 1919	1996	76		21	21
Clapper Loader	Tom Friswell	24	1930	2002	72		18	18
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	33	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Music Supervisor	John Hollingsworth	38	20 Mar 1916	29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Production Secretary	Jean Tisdale						1	1
Stock Music	Malcolm Arnold	33	21 Oct 1921	23 Sep 2006	84	3	1	4
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	45	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Harry Cross, desk clerk	Harold Lang	31	1 Jan 1923		16 Nov 1970	47	8	1	9
Henry Slosson	Kenneth Griffith	33	12 Oct 1921		25 Jun 2006	84	1		1
Katherine “Katie” Rogers	Elsie Albin	32	17 Dec 1921		3 Apr 2009	87	1		1
Major Bill Rogers	Dan Duryea	47	23 Jan 1907		7 Jun 1968	61	1		1
Orville Hart	John Chandos	37	27 Jul 1917		21 Sep 1987	70	1		1
Pam Palmer	Marianne Stone	32	23 Aug 1922		21 Dec 2009	87	9	2	11
Sister Jenny Miller	Ann Gudrun	28	12 Mar 1926	12.03.1926		97	1		1
Slossen, the smuggler	Eric Pohlmann	41	18 Jul 1913		25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Soup kitchen supervisor	Jane Carr	45	1 Aug 1909		29 Sep 1957	48	2		2
The Inspector	Michael Golden	41	15 Aug 1913		1983	69	3	1	4
Uncredited
Canteen Waitress	Jacquline McKenzie	25	1929	01.01.1929		94		1	1
Clerk	John Warren	37	13 Nov 1916		1977	60	4	1	5
Cop	Kenneth Brown	22	20 Jan 1932		17 Mar 1997	65		1	1
Detective at Ann’s Apartment	Russell Napier	43	28 Nov 1910		19 Aug 1964	53	5	1	6
Detective Sgt Blake	John Wynn						1	2	3
Driver	Robert O'Neal							1	1
Fake Detective	Joe Phelps							7	7
Joe	Lee Patterson	25	31 Mar 1929		14 Feb 2007	77		1	1
Mrs Hart	Christine Adrian	45	3 Oct 1909		16 Oct 1956	47		2	2
Ned Palmer	Stephen Vercoe	33	19 Mar 1921		Jul 1997	76		1	1
Police Photog.	Fred Davis	18	1 Sep 1936		26 Oct 1988	52		4	4
Police Photog.	Ian Selby							5	5
Pop - Pilot	Robert Henderson	49	19 Dec 1904		9 Sep 1985	80		1	1
Sergeant	Richard Ford							1	1
Wren	Gabrielle Blunt	35	8 Jan 1919		10 Jun 2014	95	1	1	2
Wren	Angela Glynne	21	7 Sep 1933		22 Apr 2008	74		2	2
Wren	Cleo Rose							3	3
Wren	Sheila Berry							1	1

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