It's 1950. Maj. Jefferson Pike is an Allied military hospital, under the care of an American doctor. Pike is an amnesiac, and if he could recount the details of D-Day, his last memory, perhaps it would unlock his mind. Only it's really 1944, and Pike is deep in German territory in a faux hospital built just for him. James Garner does a heroic star turn as increasingly suspicious Pike and Rod Taylor makes a canny opponent as the duplicitous Doktor in a tense cat-and-mouse, twist-filled wartime thriller. The Nazis have only 36 Hours to pull off their elaborate ruse and get the D-Day plans out of Pike. But if that doesn't work, they will use any means necessary.

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36 Hours (1964)

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War/Suspense/Thriller · 1h 55m · 10/19/2026

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It's 1950. Maj. Jefferson Pike is an Allied military hospital, under the care of an American doctor. Pike is an amnesiac, and if he could recount the details of D-Day, his last memory, perhaps it would unlock his mind. Only it's really 1944, and Pike is deep in German territory in a faux hospital built just for him. James Garner does a heroic star turn as increasingly suspicious Pike and Rod Taylor makes a canny opponent as the duplicitous Doktor in a tense cat-and-mouse, twist-filled wartime thriller. The Nazis have only 36 Hours to pull off their elaborate ruse and get the D-Day plans out of Pike. But if that doesn't work, they will use any means necessary.

Release Country

United Kingdom

Barcode

5051892260121

Release Date

10/19/2026

Media Type

Movie

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Cast
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James Garner

Major Jefferson Pike
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Eva Marie Saint

Anna Hedler
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Rod Taylor

Major Walter Gerber
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Werner Peters

Otto Schack
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John Banner

Ernst
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Russell Thorson

General Allison
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Alan Napier

Colonel Peter MacLean
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Oscar Beregi Jr.

Lt. Colonel Ostermann (as Oscar Beregi)
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Ed Gilbert

Captain Abbott
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Sig Ruman

German Guard
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Celia Lovsky

Elsa
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Karl Held

Corporal Kenter
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Martin Kosleck

Kraatz
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Marjorie Bennett

Charwoman
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Henry Rowland

German Soldier
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Otto Reichow

German Soldier
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Hilda Plowright

German Agent
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Walter Friedel

Denker
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Joseph Mell

Lemke
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Adolf Hitler

Himself - in Newsreel (archive footage)
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Chris Anders

German Officer (uncredited)
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Rudolph Anders

Dr. Winterstein (uncredited)
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Charles Bastian

Swiss Soldier (uncredited)
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Leslie Bradley

British Announcer (uncredited)
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Paul Busch

German (uncredited)
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Howard Curtis

Dutton (uncredited)
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Henry Dar Boggia

Frenchman (uncredited)
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George Dee

French Informer (uncredited)
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Luis Delgado

Lieutenant (uncredited)
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John Dennis

MP Sergeant Guard (uncredited)
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Joe Di Reda

American Soldier (uncredited)
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James Doohan

Bishop (uncredited)
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Harold Dyrenforth

Maj. Gen. Ungerland (uncredited)
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Horst Ebersberg

Swiss Officer (uncredited)
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Kort Falkenberg

Radio Voice (uncredited)
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John Gilgreen

Lt. Busch (uncredited)
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John Hart

Lt. Cmdr. Perkins (uncredited)
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Walter Janovitz

Dr. Metzler (uncredited)
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Roy Jenson

Soldier (uncredited)
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Danny Klega

German Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Kurt Landen

German Sergeant (uncredited)
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Barry Macollum

Bartender (uncredited)
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Chic Masi

Waiter (uncredited)
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Owen McGiveney

Elderly Man (uncredited)
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Eric Micklewood

British Officer (uncredited)
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Jeff Morris

Bit Part (uncredited)
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Richard Peel

Thomas Dudley (uncredited)
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Charles H. Radilak

Dr. Kleiner (uncredited)
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Werner Reichow

German (uncredited)
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Louis Sarrano

Portuguese Official (uncredited)
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Norbert Schiller

Dr. Wittelbach (uncredited)
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Rolfe Sedan

Frenchman (uncredited)
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William Smith

Guy (uncredited)
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Michael Stroka

German Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
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George Seaton

Director
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George Seaton

Writer
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Roald Dahl

Writer
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