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19 February 1965 (USA) morePlot:
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Give Me 36 Hours and I'll Give You a Traitor! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Garner | ... | Major Jefferson Pike | |
| Eva Marie Saint | ... | Anna Hedler | |
| Rod Taylor | ... | Major Walter Gerber | |
| Werner Peters | ... | Otto Schack | |
| John Banner | ... | Ernst | |
| Russell Thorson | ... | General Allison | |
| Alan Napier | ... | Colonel Peter MacLean | |
| Oscar Beregi Jr. | ... | Lt. Colonel Ostermann (as Oscar Beregi) | |
| Ed Gilbert | ... | Captain Abbott | |
| Sig Ruman | ... | German Guard | |
| Celia Lovsky | ... | Elsa | |
| Karl Held | ... | Corporal Kenter | |
| Martin Kosleck | ... | Kraatz | |
| Marjorie Bennett | ... | Charwoman | |
| Henry Rowland | ... | German Soldier |
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115 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (Certificate #20743) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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Factual errors: The postcard from Lisbon reads "Sudações de Lisboa". It should be "Saudações" instead. moreQuotes:
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?
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This is one of my favorite WW II movies. It's tag line was GIVE ME THIRTY SIX HOURS and I'll give you a traitor. D-Day is upon the Germans defending The Atlantic Wall. The US is about to launch a colossal invasion force on the European continent, but where will the blow strike? To be sure German agents kidnap American Major Pike (James Garner) from neutral Spain and send him deep into Germany where they've set up a Ptomekin village, a US post in an occupied Germany sometime five years hence. The psychologist an American born German serving in the Wehrmacht is to persuade captured Pike that Pike has been suffering from amnesia for five years and has now recovered his long term memory at the cost of losing his recent memory. The setting is idyllic and the gilted cage is cozy, replete with a faux-wife.
Will Pike see through the German plot? A must see unusually well done spy story.