The Desperate Hours
“A reign of violence sweeps the screen.”
19551h 52mCrime · Thriller
Released
October 5, 1955
TMDB Score
70% match · 187 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
DirectorWilliam Wyler
- Released
- October 5, 1955
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $2.3M
- Box office
- $2.5M
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Top Billed Cast
Humphrey Bogart
Glenn Griffin
Fredric March
Daniel C. Hilliard
Arthur Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Martha Scott
Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
Dewey Martin
Hal Griffin
Gig Young
Chuck Wright
Mary Murphy
Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
Richard Eyer
Ralph Hilliard
Robert Middleton
Sam Kobish
Bert Freed
Tom Winston
Ray Collins
Sheriff Masters
Whit Bissell
FBI Agent Carson
Ray Teal
State Police Lt. Fredericks
Walter Baldwin
George Patterson
Edmund Cobb
Mr. Walling
Ann Doran
Mrs. Walling
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