# The Desperate Hours (1955)

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**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: William Wyler
**Written by**: Joseph Hayes
**Starring**: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young

> *A reign of violence sweeps the screen.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Dark suburban night, creaking door hinges, a family trapped, invaders closing in. 
Convicts seize a household. 
Wyler directs tense crime scenes.

**Mood tags**: dread

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