MOVIE · 1955
The Desperate Hours
CrimeDramaThriller112 min
Three escaped convicts take over a suburban Indianapolis home and turn an ordinary evening into a hostage crisis. Humphrey Bogart is the gang’s cold, watchful leader, while Fredric March’s suburban father tries to hold his family together as the standoff tightens room by room. With the household pinned between violence inside and police pressure outside, the story stays close to the shifting balance of fear, bluffing, and control within a very ordinary American house.
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