The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 5000 kbps | 4.7Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:52:00 | USA | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 5000 kbps | 4.7Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:52:00 | USA | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Glen, Hal and Sam are three escaped convicts who move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young, Mary Murphy, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Alan Reed, Bert Freed, Ray Collins, Whit Bissell, Ray Teal, Walter Baldwin, John Benson, Paul E. Burns, Edmund Cobb, Ann Doran, Ralph Dumke, Pat Flaherty, Joe Flynn, Fred S. Fosler, Beverly Garland, Don Haggerty, Donald Kerr, Helen Kleeb, Louis Lettieri, Mike Mahoney, Michael Moore
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Simply outstanding, genuinely suspenseful thriller about a group of escaped convicts terrorizing a suburban family as they hole up in their home. It's a game of cat-and-mouse as Dan Hilliard(Fredric March, just terrific)must find a way to keep his family safe against gruff louse Glenn(Humphrey Bogart, unshaven carrying a scowl and sneer most of the film's duration),his mild brother Hal(Dewey Martin, clearly portraying a brother whose life suffered because of the influence of his hood brother)and unhinged, unpleasant, child-like Kobish(Robert Middleton, playing him with quite a few screws loose)while they await money at Midnight from the lead hood's dame. That dame is being tailed by Deputy Sheriff Bard(Arthur Kennedy)who has a history with Glenn. Bard receives cooperation from the FBI through agent Carson(Whit Bissell). Glenn warns Dan that if he even sees coppers near the house the family gets it. Soon, though, Glenn's plans on receiving the cash from his dame at Midnight doesn't go according to plan meaning an extended amount of terror towards Dan and his family. Through it all, Dan must match wits with his captors somehow contacting the police without Glenn and his cronies knowing.
The tension in this film is so thick you could cut it with a knife..gripping from the very moment Bogie begins his takeover of the home until the end when he must face the music, this film caused me to bite my nails to the quick. With a masterful director like William Wyler calling the shots behind the camera and the caliber of March as the heroic father and Bogie as the chief hood, you just can't go wrong. Gig Young has a crucial role as lawyer Chuck, Dan's daughter's boyfriend
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The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
