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Writers (WGA):
Joseph Hayes (novel)
Joseph Hayes (play)
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Release Date:
5 October 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
At the height of fear every moment is a desperate hour more
Plot:
An escaped con on the run from the law moves into a married couple's home and takes over their lives. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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DVD Playhouse--November 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 9 November 2009, 7:05 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Great Action Movie that Delivers! more (36 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
 | Matt McGrath | ... | Kyle |
| John Christopher Jones | ... | Neff |
 | Dean Norris | ... | Maddox |
 | John Finn | ... | Lexington |
| Christopher Curry | ... | Chabon |
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R
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The original Broadway production of "Desperate Hours" written by Joseph Hayes opened on February 10, 1955 at the Ethel Barrymore Theater and ran for 212 performances. The author also wrote the novel and collaborated on the screenplay. more
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Tim Cornell:
You never trusted me before. You have to trust me now.
Michael Bosworth:
I blow her head off, Timmy.
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Features Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987) (VG) more
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FIGHT FOR ME more
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Michael Cimino sunk a studio with his turkey "Heaven's Gate", but he is still a masterful director of action movies when he's in top form (witness Deerhunter, Year of The Dragon and now, Desperate Hours). The famous synergy between Cimino and Rourke is in plentiful supply in this brilliant remake of the Bogart/March original. There isn't a wasted frame and everyone -- with the notable exception of Lindsay Crouse -- is perfectly cast. Cimino adds all the right touches in his update to the 50's original: Lynch's ice-queen trial lawyer, Hopkins-Rogers' marriage on the rocks, Smith's rebellious teen, Koteas' emotionally stunted younger brother. Don't pass this one up because of a handful of naysayers!