Marlies Behrens and Ingemar Johansson in 48 Hours to Live (1959)

48 Hours to Live

Original title: Med fara för livet
Movie19591h 26m
CrimeMystery
4.0 / 10(32)

A spy melodrama in which a New York newspaper reporter, sent to Gotland to interview a nuclear scientist, becomes involved with foreign agents who have kidnapped the scientist's daughter.

Runtime
1h 26m
Released
1959
Country
Sweden, United Kingdom

Details

Release year: 1959

Storyline

A spy melodrama in which a New York newspaper reporter, sent to Gotland to interview a nuclear scientist, becomes involved with foreign agents who have kidnapped the scientist's daughter.

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Did you know

It isn't obvious why the movie was re-titled "48 Hours to Live" for its American release or why the poster depicts spaceships. The literal translation of the Swedish title is "With Danger for Life" and there is neither a countdown nor any spacecraft in the movie.

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2/10

It's a shame that this one's a real dud.

👍 0 · 9/24/2025

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
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