The Desperate Hours
(1955)

A reign of violence sweeps the screen.

Released: 1955-10-05

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

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Humphrey Bogart

as Glenn Griffin

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Fredric March

as Daniel C. Hilliard

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Arthur Kennedy

as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

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Martha Scott

as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

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Dewey Martin

as Hal Griffin

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Gig Young

as Chuck Wright

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Mary Murphy

as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard

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Richard Eyer

as Ralph Hilliard

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Robert Middleton

as Sam Kobish

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Bert Freed

as Tom Winston

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Ray Collins

as Sheriff Masters

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Whit Bissell

as FBI Agent Carson

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Ray Teal

as State Police Lt. Fredericks

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Walter Baldwin

as George Patterson

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Edmund Cobb

as Mr. Walling

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Ann Doran

as Mrs. Walling

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Beverly Garland

as Miss Swift

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Helen Kleeb

as Miss Wells

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Ralph Dumke

as Clint

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Pat Flaherty

as Dutch

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J. McMillan Johnson

Art Direction

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Joseph Hayes

Theatre Play

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Hal Pereira

Art Direction

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Gail Kubik

Original Music Composer

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Daniele Amfitheatrof

Original Music Composer

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Lee Garmes

Director of Photography

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Robert Swink

Editor

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Joseph Hayes

Screenplay

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William Wyler

Director

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William Wyler

Producer

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Joseph Hayes

Novel

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Robert Wyler

Associate Producer

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Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

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Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

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Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

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Winston H. Leverett

Sound Recordist

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Edith Head

Costume Design

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Sam Comer

Set Decoration

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Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

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Karl Silvera

Makeup Artist

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