The Desperate Hours ; 1955 is a feature film by William Wyler based on the eponymous novel and play by Joseph Hayes .
| Hours of despair | |
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| English The desperate hours | |
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| Genre | thriller |
| Producer | William Wyler |
| Producer | William Wyler |
| Author script | Joseph Hayes |
| In the main cast | Humphrey Bogart Fredrick March |
| Operator | |
| Composer | Gail Cube |
| Film company | Paramount pictures |
| Duration | 112 minutes |
| Budget | $ 2 388 000 |
| A country | |
| Language | |
| Year | 1955 |
| IMDb | |
Content
Story
Three criminals - brothers Glenn and Hal Griffins and Sam Kobish - are escaping from prison. Glenn must wait for his girlfriend to bring them the money. They capture the first house on the outskirts of Indianapolis , where Sam Hillard's family lives. Meanwhile, sheriff's assistant Jess Bard is looking for escaped criminals.
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart - Glenn Griffin
- Fredrick March - Dan Hillard
- Arthur Kennedy - Jess Bard
- Martha Scott - Eleanor Hillard
- Dewey Martin - Hal Griffin
- Gig Young - Chuck Wright
- Mary Murphy - Cindy Hillard
- Richard Ayer - Ralphie Hillard
- Robert Middleton - Sam Cobish
- Whit Bissell - FBI Agent Carson
- Ray Teal - Fredericks Police Lieutenant
Remakes
- Hours of Despair (1990 film)
- en: 36 Ghante
Links
- Hours of Despair on the Internet Movie Database
- Hours of Despair on the allmovie website