The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours
Release: 1955-10-05
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 7.0
Crime
Thriller
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Ray Teal
as State Police Lt. Fredericks
Ann Doran
as Mrs. Walling
Pat Flaherty
as Dutch
Bert Freed
as Tom Winston
Ray Collins
as Sheriff Masters
Helen Kleeb
as Miss Wells
Burt Mustin
as Carl
Paul E. Burns
as Chef at Al's Dining Room
Donald Kerr
as Barkeeper
Simon Oakland
as State Trooper (uncredited)
Dewey Martin
as Hal Griffin
Walter Baldwin
as George Patterson
James O'Hara
as Gas Station Attendant
Don Haggerty
as Detective (uncredited)
Gig Young
as Chuck Wright
Mary Murphy
as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
Richard Eyer
as Ralph Hilliard
Joe Flynn
as Motorist Hijacked by Hal
Alan Reed
as Detective (uncredited)
Michael Moore
as Detective (uncredited)
Humphrey Bogart
as Glenn Griffin
Martha Scott
as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
Robert Middleton
as Sam Kobish
Arthur Kennedy
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Fredric March
as Daniel C. Hilliard
Whit Bissell
as FBI Agent Carson
Ralph Dumke
as Clint
Edmund Cobb
as Mr. Walling
Beverly Garland
as Miss Swift
Mike Mahoney
as State Trooper (uncredited)
