48 Hours to Live
48 Hours to Live is a 1959 film starring Anthony Steel.
| 48 Hours to Live | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Bourne |
| Produced by | Edward Rubin executive Sven Nicou |
| Written by | Peter Bourne |
| Starring | Anthony Steel |
Production company | Freja Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 mins |
| Country | Sweden United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was known as Man in the Middle and was shot in Sweden. The movie was little seen outside Sweden.[2]
Premise
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.
Cast
- Anthony Steel as Mike Gibson
- Birger Malmsten as Paul Forsman
- Lewis Charles as Tony Marino
- Håkan Westergren as Christenson
- Ina Anders as Annika
- Peter Bourne as Charlie Carlson
- Ingemar Johansson
Production
Filming started June 1959.
Reception
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]
References
- 'HAREM NIGHT' A RE-RELEASE Los Angeles Times 14 Dec 1961: C9.
- Vagg, Stephen (September 23, 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.
- MAN IN THE MIDDLE, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 27, Iss. 312, (Jan 1, 1960): 100.