The Desperate Hours (1967 film)

The Desperate Hours
The Desperate Hours
Directed by	Ted Kotcheff
Written by	Clive Exton
Based on	play by Joseph Hayes
Produced by	Daniel Melnick; executive; David Susskind
Release date	1967
Country	USA
Language	English

The Desperate Hours is a 1967 TV film. It was an adaptation of the 1954 novel The Desperate Hours.

Cast[]

George Segal as Glenn Griffin
Arthur Hill as Dan Hilliard
Michael Conrad as Sam Robish
as Graham Jarvis
Michael Kearney as Ralphie Hilliard
Yvette Mimieux as Cindy Hilliard
Barry Primus as Hank Griffin
Dolph Sweet as Jesse Bard
Ralph Waite as Lt. Fredericks
Teresa Wright as Eleanor Hilliard

Production[]

The film was originally going to star George Segal and Robert Stack.^[1] Stack then read the script, was unhappy his role – that of the father – had been changed into a "psychopathic heavy" and pulled out, saying it "wasn't the same story" as the novel and play.^[2]

Reception[]

One reviewer thought the leads were miscast.^[3]

References[]

^ "A.B.C.-TV PREPARING 'DESPERATE HOURS'". New York Times. May 31, 1967. ProQuest 118033113.
^ "Relentless robert pursues quality". Los Angeles Times. Jul 20, 1967. ProQuest 155712059.
^ MacMINN, A. (Dec 15, 1967). "TV REVIEWS". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155799841.

External links[]

The Desperate Hours at IMDb

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[1] "A.B.C.-TV PREPARING 'DESPERATE HOURS'". New York Times. May 31, 1967. ProQuest 118033113.

[2] "Relentless robert pursues quality". Los Angeles Times. Jul 20, 1967. ProQuest 155712059.

[3] MacMINN, A. (Dec 15, 1967). "TV REVIEWS". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155799841.

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