36 HOURS (1953, renamed TERROR STREET in the US) is another potboiling Hammer thriller starring imported American lead Dan Duryea as a pilot who arrives back in Britain from a six-month trip abroad only to find that his wife has moved out. When he tracks her to an address in London, he's assaulted and knocked unconscious, waking to find that he's been framed for her murder in the process. He now has just 36 hours to find the real culprits before the USAF declares him AWOL...
It's a familiar kind of storyline from this era and very much a film that goes through the motions. Montgomery Tully was known for his B-movie cheapies and this is no different to any of the others, around the middle of the mark in terms of quality. After a slow start it picks up and holds the interest until the end, and there are fun character turns from reliables like Eric Pohlmann and Kenneth Griffith. I was amused to see Gudrun Ure cast; I grew up watching her playing SUPERGRAN in the 1980s and she's, well, very different here.
It's a familiar kind of storyline from this era and very much a film that goes through the motions. Montgomery Tully was known for his B-movie cheapies and this is no different to any of the others, around the middle of the mark in terms of quality. After a slow start it picks up and holds the interest until the end, and there are fun character turns from reliables like Eric Pohlmann and Kenneth Griffith. I was amused to see Gudrun Ure cast; I grew up watching her playing SUPERGRAN in the 1980s and she's, well, very different here.