
The Desperate Hours(1955)
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.


“Desire is the deadliest weapon of all.”
An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

Mickey Rourke
Michael Bosworth

Anthony Hopkins
Tim Cornell

Mimi Rogers
Nora Cornell

Lindsay Crouse
Brenda Chandler

Kelly Lynch
Nancy Breyers

Elias Koteas
Wally Bosworth

David Morse
Albert

Shawnee Smith
May Cornell
Danny Gerard
Zack Cornell

Gerry Bamman
Ed Tallent
Desperate Hours is a thriller, crime film released in 1990 exploring themes of based on novel or book, hostage, utah, escaped convict, remake, home invasion. Directed by Michael Cimino, it stars Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers. An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
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