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The Desperate Hours

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The Desperate Hours
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NR,1hr 52min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Release:
1955
Director:
William Wyler
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy  ...more
Synopsis: Based on the novel and play by Joseph Hayes, which in turn was inspired by an actual event, The Desperate Hours is the prototypical "family-trapped-by-criminals" drama. Escaped convicts Humphrey Bogart, Robert Middleton and Dewey Martin, seeking an appropriate hideout until they can make contact with their money supply, deliberately choose the suburban home of Fredric March and his family. The cold-blooded Bogart wants no trouble with the police, and he knows he can cower a family with children into ... Full Synopsis
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Adam Bregman, AMG Review
This is a great, hard-boiled crime film with Humphrey Bogart turning in another stellar performance near the end of his career. Bogart, along with Robert Middleton and Dewey Martin, are all excellent as a trio of escaped convicts confronting a suburban '50s-style family. In a way, you could look at the film as the last remnants of the noir era duking it out with the next generation of straight family ... Full Review
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Humphrey Bogart
Glenn Griffin
Fredric March
Dan Hilliard
Arthur Kennedy
Jesse Bard
Martha Scott
Eleanor Hilliard
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