The Desperate Hours
Summary:
Based on the novel and play by Joseph Hayes, which in turn was inspired by an actual event, The Desperate Hours is the prototypical "family-trapped-by-criminals" drama. Escaped convicts Humphrey Bogart, Robert Middleton and Dewey Martin, seeking an appropriate hideout until they can make contact with their money supply, deliberately choose the suburban home of Fredric Ma... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Humphrey Bogart - (Glenn Griffin)
Fredric March - (Dan Hilliard)
Arthur Kennedy - (Jesse Bard)
Martha Scott - (Eleanor Hilliard)
Dewey Martin - (Hal Griffin)
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Review:
This is a great, hard-boiled crime film with Humphrey Bogart turning in another stellar performance near the end of his career. Bogart, along with Robert Middleton and Dewey Martin, are all excellent as a trio of escaped convicts confronting a suburban '50s-style family. In a way, you could look at the film as the last remnants of th... Continue >>
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