German title: An einem Tag wie jeder andere Francaise title: La maison des otages Spain title: Horas desesperadas Greek title: Σκληροί άντρες Russian title: Часы отчаяния Original title: The Desperate Hours
Alternative titles: Skliroi antres | Σκληροι αντρες
Thriller – USA Production year: 1954 Movie length: 112 minutes
Director: William Wyler Writer: Joseph Hayes, Jay Dratler
Movie description:
Dan Hilliard is a comfortable upper-middle-class executive with a wife and two children and a pleasant suburban home. His world seems quite in order, quite predictable. But then convicted murderer Glenn Griffin escapes from prison with his younger brother Hal and a ruthless thug named Kobish. The three escapees take over the Hilliard home, using it as an unsuspected resting place while a police manhunt scours the city for them. Glenn Griffin finds Dan Hilliard to be no pushover, but rather a determined fighter out to protect his home and family from this criminal invasion. But is a middle-aged businessman a match for three wiley killers?