36 Hours (1953 film)

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36 Hours
Terror Street poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Written by Steve Fisher
Produced by Anthony Hinds
Starring Dan Duryea
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey
Edited by James Needs
Music by Ivor Slaney
Production
company
Distributed by Lippert Pictures (US)
Exclusive Films (UK)
Release date
  • 4 December 1953 (1953-12-04)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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. [1]

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Plot

Bill Rogers (Dan Duryea), an American jet pilot stationed in the USA, goes absent without leave and heads to England to find out why he hasn't heard from his wife lately. He learns details that suggest she has left him and is living a life that involves several male "friends". She shows up to meet him at her new flat, but then he is suddenly knocked unconscious from behind. When he awakes he finds that 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.

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