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36 heures avant le débarquement

Original title: 36 Hours
  • 1964
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  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.2K
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James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor in 36 heures avant le débarquement (1964)
36 Hours
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Germans kidnap an American Major and try to convince him that World War II is over so they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.Germans kidnap an American Major and try to convince him that World War II is over so they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.Germans kidnap an American Major and try to convince him that World War II is over so they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.

  • Director
    • George Seaton
  • Writers
    • George Seaton
    • Roald Dahl
    • Carl K. Hittleman
  • Stars
    • James Garner
    • Eva Marie Saint
    • Rod Taylor
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    7.4/10
    5.2K
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    • Director
      • George Seaton
    • Writers
      • George Seaton
      • Roald Dahl
      • Carl K. Hittleman
    • Stars
      • James Garner
      • Eva Marie Saint
      • Rod Taylor
    • 75User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    James Garner
    James Garner
    • Major Jefferson Pike
    Eva Marie Saint
    Eva Marie Saint
    • Anna Hedler
    Rod Taylor
    Rod Taylor
    • Major Walter Gerber
    Werner Peters
    Werner Peters
    • Otto Schack
    John Banner
    John Banner
    • Ernst
    Russell Thorson
    Russell Thorson
    • General Allison
    Alan Napier
    Alan Napier
    • Colonel Peter MacLean
    Oscar Beregi Jr.
    Oscar Beregi Jr.
    • Lt. Colonel Ostermann
    • (as Oscar Beregi)
    Ed Gilbert
    Ed Gilbert
    • Captain Abbott
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • German Guard
    Celia Lovsky
    Celia Lovsky
    • Elsa
    Karl Held
    Karl Held
    • Corporal Kenter
    Martin Kosleck
    Martin Kosleck
    • Kraatz
    Marjorie Bennett
    Marjorie Bennett
    • Charwoman
    Henry Rowland
    Henry Rowland
    • German Soldier
    Otto Reichow
    Otto Reichow
    • German Soldier
    Hilda Plowright
    • German Agent
    Walter Friedel
    • Denker
    • Director
      • George Seaton
    • Writers
      • George Seaton
      • Roald Dahl
      • Carl K. Hittleman
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    7jeremy-tarling

    Great interplay between James Garner and Rod Taylor

    Really enjoyed this film, an engaging mix of psychological banter with pre-D-Day espionage tension.

    The best scenes for me were the dialogues between James Garner and Rod Taylor, they'd make a great film on their own. Garner has that amazing combination of intellect and machismo - he can debate the moral aspect of duty and then knock out a guard just as convincingly

    Eva Marie Saint's performance is very strong too as the concentration-camp victim unable to express emotion after the trauma that she has experienced. The power of Roald Dahl's writing comes through here, as she acts as a constant reminder to us of the grim realities of the war in the context of the other charismatic characters.
    7thinker1691

    " I remember yesterday, but what happened to the past six years? "

    As a matter of record, there were hundreds of soldiers who returned to the States with little memory of what their role was in World War Two. Here in this story called " 36 Hours " an Intelligent's Officer (James Garner) Major Jefferson F. Pike is given the latest secret plans for the Invasion of Normandy and is thereafter sent to Lisbon Portugal to ascertain if the German High Command are chasing the false ruses put out by the Allies. What the U.S Intelligence office does not know is, the Major is unexpectedly kidnapped and sent to Germany to undergo a daring experimental scheme. The Germans' have a highly educated Phychiatrist, Major Walter Gerber (Rod Taylor) who is going to try and convince the Major, that not only is World War II is over, but it is now six years in the future. With the help of Anna Hedler (Eva Marie Saint) heading a highly trained staff of English speaking Germans and a secret, isolated military compound they hope to trick him into revealing the Allies invasion plans. All things go according to plan until the one thing they had hoped would not happen does. Although Garner proves to command the screen with his role, it is Taylor who elicits sympathy for his compassionate character and we discover ourselves rooting for Gerber to succeed. A dramatic film and one which allows the audience to wait impatiently for the hours to be extended. ****
    9bkoganbing

    Skeptical About Information Not Obtained Under Torture

    36 Hours is a film that finds James Garner as a major attached to Allied intelligence and to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in London. The best kept secret of World War II was the exact date and location of the cross channel invasion into western Europe. As things get closer to D-Day, the Allies want to make sure the Nazis stay fooled right up to the end.

    Which is why Garner goes to Lisbon to check out a source at the German Embassy in neutral Portugal. But the Nazis have been watching him too. While in Lisbon, he meets up with a Mr. Michael Finn at a hotel bar rendezvous which renders him unconscious and Garner is secretly flown to Germany.

    The nice things about 36 Hours is that some of the facts about the landings at Normandy are woven very nicely into an intricate espionage story. Incidentally some of the same facts that were used in another Garner classic film, The Americanization of Emily, but in a far more comic vein.

    What the Nazis have decided to do is trick Garner into revealing the plans for the imminent invasion. They've set up an elaborate facade of a US. Army Hospital in an occupied Germany in 1950 and when Garner wakes up, they're going to convince him that the war is over and the allies have been victorious. They've even cooked up a love interest in Eva Marie Saint who is formerly a concentration camp inmate and like all of them will do anything to avoid going back.

    All this is the brainchild of German doctor Rod Taylor who is convinced that without the usual Nazi like methods Garner can be tricked into revealing vital information. Skeptical about the plan, but willing to go along with it if it succeeds is SS major Werner Peters who played a lovely variety of Nazis in the Sixties.

    Of course when Garner does realize this is all a charade it becomes quite a three cornered cat and mouse game between him and Taylor and Peters. The SS has a tried and true motto, they're skeptical in general about information not obtained under torture.

    36 Hours is a finely executed espionage and escape drama. The cast is at they're combined very best. But as good as the ones I've mentioned, there is one stunningly droll performance by John Banner, soon to become Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes. He plays a German version of Dad's Army and he's one of the older generation that hasn't bought into the Nazi way. He's the best in this fine film.
    9Carroll-3

    One of my favorites

    It wasn't a blockbuster, but is haunting. I still remember the first time I saw it, and remember it every time I ... well, I don't want to reveal any plot points. But it is probably one of the films that triggered my love of mysteries.
    8barnabyrudge

    Well-made, absorbing wartime thriller with an intelligent plot.

    George Seaton had already written and directed the very impressive The Counterfeit Traitor when he turned his attention to this absorbing and cleverly-plotted thriller. Once again the film is set during WWII and once again Seaton weaves an exciting story against the backcloth of that intriguing and terrifying period of history.

    Major Jefferson Pike (James Garner) is an American intelligence officer who is kidnapped and drugged en route to Lisbon during the days approaching the D-Day Landings. Pike's original mission before his capture was to pass on misleading information to the Germans, intended to trick them into expecting the Allies to storm ashore at Calais rather than the actual intended target area of the Normandy beaches. When Pike awakens, he is unknowingly in a secret compound in Bavaria, and the D-Day attack is still 36 hours away from actually taking place. He is told by disguised Nazi spy, Major Walter Gerber (Rod Taylor), that the war is over and that he has been suffering from amnesiac lapses for the past six years. Gerber's plan is to convince Pike that the war ended years previously with Allied victory and that it is safe to reveal details about the D-Day Landings.... details which would, in fact, be very useful to the German forces in the hours approaching the top-secret Allied attack.

    It is a very interesting plot, and is well-handled. Rod Taylor's performance as the slippery Nazi trickster is exceptionally good, while Garner handles his slightly dull role (as the hero with sensitive information which he is unsure about revealing) with efficiency. The crisp black and white photography - unusual for a film made in the Technicolour-obsessed '60s - adds to the film's verisimilitude and sense of period, giving it a documentary-like feel. While the proceedings are stretched out to a rather lengthy 115 minutes, the film doesn't become significantly tedious and manages to keep the viewer excited (even though we know, because of the real-life success of the D-Day invasion, that the audacious Nazi plot is doomed to fail). 36 Hours is a solid, suspenseful yarn which should satisfy anyone who enjoys stories about wartime intrigue and audacious masquerades.

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    • Trivia
      James Doohan: The soon-to-be "Montgomery Scott" of Star Trek (1966) is uncredited as a British orderly in the opening scenes. Doohan served in Canadian forces during the Normandy Invasion (which the film is about) where he lost part of a finger. Future Imperfect (1990) and Stratagem (2004) were inspired by this film.
    • Goofs
      The phony newspaper which Pike is given on arrival in hospital, has a front page item about the UN. Although the United Nations first opened in 1945, the name comes from January 1942, when Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation outlining the basic set-up and goals for such an organization. This is all that the Nazis would have needed to make this phony report.
    • Quotes

      Maj. Jefferson F. Pike: Are you really an army sergeant?

      Sgt. Ernst: Regular army - no. I am too old, too fat! Home guard. We are patrolling the border so then the young, strong, and handsome men can go to Russia and freeze to death. Wonderful system, huh?

      [Laughs]

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a computer colorized version.
    • Connections
      Featured in MGM 40th Anniversary (1964)
    • Soundtracks
      March: News of the Day
      (uncredited)

      Music by John Rochetti

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    • Release date
      • July 2, 1965 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Portuguese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 36 horas de suspenso
    • Filming locations
      • Wawona Hotel, Wawona, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Perlberg-Seaton Productions
      • Cherokee Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 55m(115 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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