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The Desperate Hours

1955·112 min

The Desperate Hours

Directed by William Wyler

CrimeThriller

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

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Humphrey Bogart

Glenn Griffin

Daniel C. Hilliard

Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

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Daniele Amfitheatrof

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Dewey Martin

Hal Griffin

Chuck Wright

Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard

Ralph Hilliard

Robert Middleton

Sam Kobish

Tom Winston

Sheriff Masters

FBI Agent Carson

State Police Lt. Fredericks

George Patterson

Mr. Walling

Mrs. Walling

Beverly Garland

Miss Swift

Miss Wells

Clint

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The Desperate Hours (1955) is about escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

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William Wyler directed The Desperate Hours (1955).

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