36 Hours to Kill is a 1936 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick and starring Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley, Isabel Jewell, Stepin Fetchit and Julius Tannen.

[1][2][3] Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding under assumed names in a calm, suburban community, read a newspaper article about a sweepstakes winner who has not yet claimed his prize.

Tired of suburban life, Duke decides to board a train to Kansas City, where he bought the ticket, while Jeanie plans to fly there and have a third person claim the winnings.

That night, Anne reveals that she is a Los Angeles reporter who has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury concerning a political scandal that she had unearthed.

[4] Clarke Wales of the Detroit Free Press wrote: "This picture is no different from and no better or worse than the general run of films made for double bills.

"[5] Edward E. Gloss of the Akron Beacon Journal wrote: "Excitement is reasonably well sustained and the picture throughout avoids trying to maintain the heavy menace which marked the earlier entries in G-man celluloid.