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The Desperate Hours (1955)
Directed by William Wyler
“A reign of violence sweeps the screen.”
Crime, Thriller · 1h 52m
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
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
Crew
- Director
- William Wyler
- Screenplay
- Joseph Hayes
- Novel
- Joseph Hayes
- Director of Photography
- Lee Garmes
- Original Music Composer
- Gail Kubik, Daniele Amfitheatrof
- Editor
- Robert Swink
- Producer
- William Wyler
Details
- Release date
- 1955-10-05
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $2,300,000
- Box office
- $2,500,000