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36 Hours (1953 film)
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Wikipedia article
'36 Hours', released in the United States as 'Terror Street', is a 1953 British film noir directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Dan Duryea. It was made by Hammer Film Productions.[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b82d0af '36 Hours'] at the BFI Database
Plot
Bill Rogers (Dan Duryea), an American jet pilot stationed in the States, goes AWOL and heads to England to find out why he hasn't heard from his wife lately. Upon his arrival, he learns details that suggest she has left him and is living a life which involves many male 'friends'. In her new apartment, an angry Rogers awaits her return and anticipates their confrontation. When she shows up, he is suddenly knocked unconscious from behind. When he awakes he finds his wife has been murdered, and that he is the prime suspect. With only 36 hours at his disposal, Rogers takes it upon himself to track down the actual killer.
Cast
* Dan Duryea as Major Bill Rogers
* Elsie Albiin as Katherine 'Katie' Rogers
* Gudrun Ure as Sister Jenny Miller
* Eric Pohlmann as Slossen, the smuggler
* John Chandos as Orville Hart
* Kenneth Griffith as Henry Slosson
* Harold Lang as Harry Cross, desk clerk
* Jane Carr as Soup Kitchen Supervisor
* Michael Golden as The Inspector
* Marianne Stone as Pam Palmer
* Russell Napier as Policeman (uncredited)
* Lee Patterson as Joe (Pilot)
References
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