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The Desperate Hours

1955

William Wyler

Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott ...

7.1

2,360

Film noir. Drama. Thriller After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house in a well-to-do suburb of Indianapolis in which to hide out. The home belongs to the Hilliard family, Dan and Ellie who live there with their 19-year old daughter Cindy and their young son Ralph. They plan on staying only until midnight as Griffin is awaiting his girlfriend who will meet them with some money he had stashed ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"A mere exercise in melodramatic hocus-pocus, intense and intriguing at times"	NEU

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