{"id":89864,"date":"2023-02-09T20:42:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T03:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89864"},"modified":"2023-02-09T20:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T03:42:18","slug":"36-hours-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89864","title":{"rendered":"36 Hours (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;When things are going along too smoothly, you can&#8217;t help but be a bit suspicious.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Poster-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-89865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Poster-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Poster-81x128.png 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Poster-170x270.png 170w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Poster.png 593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn May of 1944, an American military intelligence officer (James Garner) is poisoned, kidnapped, and brought to a secret German site designed to look like a U.S. hospital, where an army doctor (Rod Taylor), a concentration camp survivor (Eva Marie Saint), and a German officer (Werner Peters) attempt to convince him that he has amnesia and the war is over, in order to get him to share plans for D-Day.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amnesia<\/li>\n<li>Eva Marie Saint Films<\/li>\n<li>James Garner Films<\/li>\n<li>Rod Taylor Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis clever suspense thriller &#8212; based on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beware_of_the_Dog_(short_story)\">a short story by Roald Dahl<\/a> &#8212; features a premise so intriguing it&#8217;s hard not to be drawn in nearly right away: what kind of powerful intelligence might one obtain upon successfully convincing an enemy that years have passed and the war is now over? In this film, we&#8217;re told that getting to that stage with Garner&#8217;s character has taken months of careful planning by dozens of players who can&#8217;t risk making a single mistake (i.e., accidentally speaking German).  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Planning.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the ruse works &#8212; at first: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; until suddenly Garner suspects something&#8217;s up, and the house of cards comes tumbling down. The tension from there lies in how Garner will handle this news, how his capturers will receive what he&#8217;s forced to tell him (is he lying?), and whether the other sympathetic players in the narrative (Taylor and Saint) will turn out to be allies or enemies. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint-1024x417.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint-1024x417.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint-604x246.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner-Saint.png 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The final half-hour turns into an escape plot that drags the storyline out unnecessarily, but this flick remains worth a look simply for its thought-provoking premise. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Garner as Jeff Pike<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2-1024x421.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2-1024x421.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2-604x248.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Garner2.png 1307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rod Taylor as Major Gerber<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor-1024x418.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor-1024x418.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor-604x246.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Taylor.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Philip Lathrop&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography-604x249.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/36-Hours-Window-Cinematography.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. Listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057809\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2321war.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/92944\/36-hours#articles-reviews?articleId=99271\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1965\/01\/29\/archives\/screen-contrived-trapping-of-spiesperlbergseaton-offer-36-hours-a.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/review\/72009\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When things are going along too smoothly, you can&#8217;t help but be a bit suspicious.&#8221; Synopsis: In May of 1944, an American military intelligence officer (James Garner) is poisoned, kidnapped, and brought to a secret German site designed to look like a U.S. hospital, where an army doctor (Rod Taylor), a concentration camp survivor (Eva Marie Saint), and a German officer (Werner Peters) attempt to convince him that he has amnesia and the war is over, in order to get&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89864\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89864"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89877,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89864\/revisions\/89877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}