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
Humphrey Bogart
as Glenn Griffin
Whit Bissell
as FBI Agent Carson
Walter Baldwin
as George Patterson
Don Haggerty
as Detective (uncredited)
Simon Oakland
as State Trooper (uncredited)
Martha Scott
as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
Ray Collins
as Sheriff Masters
Edmund Cobb
as Mr. Walling
Beverly Garland
as Miss Swift
Alan Reed
as Detective (uncredited)
Arthur Kennedy
as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Dewey Martin
as Hal Griffin
Helen Kleeb
as Miss Wells
Joe Flynn
as Motorist Hijacked by Hal
James O'Hara
as Gas Station Attendant
Michael Moore
as Detective (uncredited)
Bert Freed
as Tom Winston
Donald Kerr
as Barkeeper
Ralph Dumke
as Clint
Ray Teal
as State Police Lt. Fredericks
Gig Young
as Chuck Wright
Mary Murphy
as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
Robert Middleton
as Sam Kobish
Ann Doran
as Mrs. Walling
Fredric March
as Daniel C. Hilliard
Pat Flaherty
as Dutch
Burt Mustin
as Carl
Paul E. Burns
as Chef at Al's Dining Room
Richard Eyer
as Ralph Hilliard
Mike Mahoney
as State Trooper (uncredited)
