| 48 Hours to Live | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Bourne |
| Written by | Peter Bourne |
| Produced by | Edward Rubin executive Sven Nicou |
| Starring | Anthony Steel |
Production company | Freja Film |
Release dates |
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Running time | 77 mins |
| Countries | Sweden United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
48 Hours to Live is a 1959 film starring Anthony Steel.
It was known as Man in the Middle and was shot in Sweden. The movie was little seen outside Sweden. [2]
A New York reporter, Mike Gibson, is sent to a Swedish island, Gotland, to interview a nuclear scientist. He discovers that foreign agents have kidnapped the scientist and his daughter.
Filming started June 1959.[ citation needed ]
The Monthly Film Bulletin said "a fair amount of work in Swedish outdoor settings and a repetitive but catchy theme tune provide this ingenious comedy thriller with two tiny virtues. Otherwise the heavy handled rough stuff is funnier than the light relief; both the characterisation and the acting leave much to be desired; and – a novel departure for a film made in Sweden – the pursuit of a spy ring leads through a nudist camp inhabited, it seems, but not a single nudist." [3]
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