36 Hours

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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Production Details

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

Filming dates: 4th May – 29th May 1953
UK Release: 25th October 1954

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Verified complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	J. Elder Wills	Yes	54	26 Apr 1900	1970	69	22		22
Assembly Cutter	Henry Richardson	No	18	13 Jan 1936	31 Jul 2017	81	4	7	11
Assistant Director	Jimmy Sangster	Yes	26	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	No	35	1 Oct 1919	1996	76		23	23
Camera Operator	Len Harris	Yes	38	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	63	2	65
Clapper Loader	Tom Friswell	No	24	1930	2002	72		18	18
Continuity	Renee Glynne	Yes	28	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	41	3	44
Director	Montgomery Tully	Yes	50	6 May 1904	10 Oct 1988	84	4		4
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	Yes	51	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	35		35
Editor	James Needs	Yes	35	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	No	33	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91	3	53	56
Hairdresser	Nina Broe	Yes			1993		11		11
Make-up	Phil Leakey	Yes	46	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composed & Conducted	Ivor Slaney	Yes	33	27 May 1921	20 Mar 1998	76	11	1	12
Music Supervisor	John Hollingsworth	No	38	20 Mar 1916	29 Dec 1963	47	37	3	40
Presenter	Robert Lippert	Yes	45	31 Mar 1909	16 Nov 1976	67	8		8
Producer	Anthony Hinds	Yes	32	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	John (Pinky) Green	Yes	45	14 Feb 1909	Jul 1978	69	7		7
Production Secretary	Jean Tisdale	No						1	1
Recordist	Bill Salter	Yes	50	1904	1987	83	17		17
Screenplay	Steve Fisher	Yes	42	29 Aug 1912	27 Mar 1980	67	2		2
Stock Music	Malcolm Arnold	No	33	21 Oct 1921	23 Sep 2006	84	3	1	4
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	No	45	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
CAST
Canteen Waitress	Jacquline McKenzie	No	25	1929		95		1	1
Clerk	John Warren	No	37	13 Nov 1916	1977	60	6	2	8
Cop	Kenneth Brown	No	22	20 Jan 1932	17 Mar 1997	65		1	1
Detective at Anns apartment	Russell Napier	No	43	28 Nov 1910	19 Aug 1974	63	5	1	6
Detective at murder scene	Fred Nicholas	No						4	4
Detective Sgt Blake	John Wynn	No					1	3	4
Driver	Robert O’Neal	No						1	1
Fake Detective	Joe Phelps	No						7	7
Fake Detective	Lindsay Hooper	No						10	10
Fingerprint man	Pat Hagan	No	61	19 Mar 1893	15 Sep 1987	94		3	3
Harry Cross, desk clerk	Harold Lang	Yes	31	1923	16 Nov 1970	47	8		8
Henry Slosson	Kenneth Griffith	Yes	33	12 Oct 1921	25 Jun 2006	84	1		1
Joe	Lee Patterson	No	25	31 Mar 1929	14 Feb 2007	77		1	1
Katherine Katie Rogers	Elsie Albin	Yes	32	17 Dec 1921	3 Apr 2009	87	1		1
Major Bill Rogers	Dan Duryea	Yes	47	23 Jan 1907	7 Jun 1968	61	1		1
Man in theatre foyer	Ned Hood	No						1	1
Man in theatre foyer	Richard Duke	No						2	2
Mrs Hart	Christine Adrian	No	45	3 Oct 1909	16 Oct 1956	47		2	2
Ned Palmer	Stephen Vercoe	No	33	19 Mar 1921	Jul 1997	76		1	1
Orville Hart	John Chandos	Yes	37	27 Jul 1917	21 Sep 1987	70	1		1
Pam Palmer	Marianne Stone	Yes	32	23 Aug 1922	21 Dec 2009	87	9	3	12
Police Photographer	Fred Davis	No	18	1 Sep 1936	26 Oct 1988	52		4	4
Police Photographer	Ian Selby	No						5	5
Pop - Pilot	Robert Henderson	No	49	19 Dec 1904	9 Sep 1985	80		1	1
Sergeant	Richard Ford	No						1	1
Sister Jenny Miller	Ann Gudrun	Yes	28	12 Mar 1926	14 May 2024	98	1		1
Slossen, the smuggler	Eric Pohlmann	Yes	41	18 Jul 1913	25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Soup kitchen supervisor	Jane Carr	Yes	45	1 Aug 1909	29 Sep 1957	48	2		2
The Inspector	Michael Golden	Yes	41	15 Aug 1913	1983	69	2	1	3
Wren	Angela Glynne	No	21	7 Sep 1933	22 Apr 2008	74		2	2
Wren	Cleo Rose	No	38	1916	2004	88		3	3
Wren	Gabrielle Blunt	No	35	8 Jan 1919	10 Jun 2014	95	1	1	2
Wren	Sheila Berry	No						1	1

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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.

1954 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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