The Desperate Hours

Name: The Desperate Hours
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1955-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.039

About The Desperate Hours

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

William Wyler's The Desperate Hours is a 1955 crime thriller film. Humphrey Bogart appears as Glenn Griffin, Fredric March as Daniel C. Hilliard, Arthur Kennedy as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard, and Martha Scott as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard.

At 112 minutes long, it arrived in October 1955. Written by Joseph Hayes.

Shelv files it under film noir, hostage, home invasion, and suburbia. American members can watch it on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 190 TMDB voters.

Panic Room, A Perfect World, and Becky make useful companions to The Desperate Hours, all filed under escaped convict.