Movie
The Desperate Hours
Overview
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Details
- Release date
- 1955-10-05
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Glenn Griffin
- Fredric March as Daniel C. Hilliard
- Arthur Kennedy as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
- Martha Scott as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
- Dewey Martin as Hal Griffin
- Gig Young as Chuck Wright
- Mary Murphy as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
- Richard Eyer as Ralph Hilliard
- Robert Middleton as Sam Kobish
- Bert Freed as Tom Winston
- Ray Collins as Sheriff Masters
- Whit Bissell as FBI Agent Carson
Crew
- William Wyler - Director
- Joseph Hayes - Screenplay
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