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The Desperate Hours (1955)

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The Desperate Hours

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Synopsis

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

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Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart

Glenn Griffin

Fredric March
Fredric March

Daniel C. Hilliard

Arthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy

Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Martha Scott
Martha Scott

Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

Dewey Martin
Dewey Martin

Hal Griffin

Gig Young
Gig Young

Chuck Wright

Mary Murphy
Mary Murphy

Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard

Richard Eyer
Richard Eyer

Ralph Hilliard

Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton

Sam Kobish

Bert Freed
Bert Freed

Tom Winston

Ray Collins
Ray Collins

Sheriff Masters

Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell

FBI Agent Carson

Ray Teal
Ray Teal

State Police Lt. Fredericks

Walter Baldwin
Walter Baldwin

George Patterson

Edmund Cobb
Edmund Cobb

Mr. Walling

Ann Doran
Ann Doran

Mrs. Walling

Beverly Garland
Beverly Garland

Miss Swift

Helen Kleeb
Helen Kleeb

Miss Wells

Ralph Dumke
Ralph Dumke

Clint

Pat Flaherty
Pat Flaherty

Dutch

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