The Desperate Hours (film)

The Desperate Hours is a 1955 film from Paramount Pictures starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March. The movie was produced and directed by William Wyler and based on a novel and play of the same name written by Joseph Hayes which were loosely based on actual events.

Glenn Griffin Humphrey Bogart is the leader of a trio of escaped convicts who invade the Hilliard familys suburban home in Indianapolis and hold four members of the family hostage. There they await the arrival of a package from Griffins girlfriend, that contains funds to aid the three fugitives in their escape.Police organize a statewide manhunt for the escapees and eventually discover the distraught familys plight. Griffin menaces and torments the Hilliards and threatens to kill them. Later, the unfortunate refuse collector George Patterson Walter Baldwin, who happens upon the situation after noticing Griffins car in the garage, is murdered in order to silence him, after being forced to drive into the country. ........

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