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

Cast

• George Segal as Glenn Griffin
• Arthur Hill as Dan Hilliard
• Michael Conrad as Sam Robish
• Mart Hulswit 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

External links

• The Desperate Hours at IMDb

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