48 Hours to Live

48 Hours to Live is a 1959 film starring Anthony Steel.

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	1959 (1959) (Sweden) December 1961 (1961-12) (U.S.)[1]
Running time	77 mins
Countries	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.^{[citation needed]}

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]