
The Desperate Hours
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
The Desperate Hours
October 5, 1955
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Cast (36)

Humphrey Bogart
Glenn Griffin

Fredric March
Daniel C. Hilliard

Arthur Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard

Martha Scott
Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

Dewey Martin
Hal Griffin

Gig Young
Chuck Wright

Mary Murphy
Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard

Richard Eyer
Ralph Hilliard

Robert Middleton
Sam Kobish

Bert Freed
Tom Winston

Ray Collins
Sheriff Masters

Whit Bissell
FBI Agent Carson

Ray Teal
State Police Lt. Fredericks

Walter Baldwin
George Patterson

Edmund Cobb
Mr. Walling

Ann Doran
Mrs. Walling

Beverly Garland
Miss Swift

Helen Kleeb
Miss Wells

Ralph Dumke
Clint

Pat Flaherty
Dutch

Ric Roman
Sal

Burt Mustin
Carl

Louis Lettieri
Bucky Walling

Paul E. Burns
Chef at Al's Dining Room

John Benson
Bellboy

Joe Flynn
Motorist Hijacked by Hal

Donald Kerr
Barkeeper

James O'Hara
Gas Station Attendant

Alan Reed
Detective (uncredited)

Don Haggerty
Detective (uncredited)

Michael Moore
Detective (uncredited)

Fred S. Fosler
Sheriff (uncredited)

Paul Salata
Sheriff (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney
State Trooper (uncredited)

Simon Oakland
State Trooper (uncredited)

Joel D. Smith
State Trooper (uncredited)
Crew (28)
Directing

William Wyler
Director

Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director

Hilton A. Green
Assistant Director

John Waters
Second Unit Director
Writing
Production

William Wyler
Producer

Robert Wyler
Associate Producer
Sound

Daniele Amfitheatrof
Original Music Composer

Leo Shuken
Orchestrator

Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist

Gail Kubik
Original Music Composer

Carl Mahakian
Sound Editor

Winston H. Leverett
Sound Recordist
Art

Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Sam Comer
Set Decoration

J. McMillan Johnson
Art Direction

Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Camera

Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
Crew

Fred S. Fosler
Technical Advisor
Editing

Bill Wistrom
Assistant Editor

Robert Swink
Editor
Lighting
No data availableVisual Effects

Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects

John P. Fulton
Visual Effects