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A suited man walks towards a house at night.
Dramatic music plays
A caption reads: The Time Has Come
A caption reads: When You, Too... Will Live Through... The Desperate Hours
A man sits at a breakfast table with his children when his wife hands him a newspaper.
From the much discussed Collier's magazine serial, the book club bestseller, the prize winning Broadway play.
An outline of a magazine, book and theatre lights are superimposed on the screen.
A young boy at home tries to escape but his way is stopped by two men. Meanwhile another man, Glenn, has a gun pointed at the rest of the family.
William Wyler brings to the screen the story of a family in it's most desperate hours.
The boy is ushered over to his parents who hug him.
Filled with the warmth, the emotion, the stirring courage you found in his great Academy Award winning productions "The Best Years of our Lives" and "Mrs Miniver" with this great all star cast.
Glenn talks with his back to two men.
A caption reads: Humphrey Bogart
Glenn talks with the father.
Shut up Mr Hilliard! History calls you.
You can't turn this on us!
And stay shut! I've got my guts good and full of you Mr Hilliard. Guys like you, smart-eyed, respectable suckers!
Mr Hilliard, crouches as he talks with his son.
A caption reads: Fredric March
-You're afraid aren't you? - Yes son. I'm afraid and I'm not ashamed of it. Sometimes it's better to be afraid.
A group of policeman all wearing suits and hats.
A caption reads: Arthur Kennedy
-Bard, you can't put off a showdown! -Nobody wants a showdown any more than I do. We can't get the poor slob's family massacred.
A young man, Hal, rests his arm against an open doorway.
A caption reads: Dewey Martin
Hal approaches Glenn as he enters the room.
Glenn, it can't go on! First the old man on the truck then the school teacher. Now the guy out here. Somebody is gonna get wise.
Mr and Mrs Hilliard hold onto each other, she in some distress.
A caption reads: Martha Scott
My darling we're not saved. If anything happens to you I...I won't let you go.
Ellie, that's the way it is! That's all. Now you do as I say.
They kiss.
Mr Hilliard speaks with an older policeman in an attic while more policeman sit nearby.
-Our job is to help you. -Well, then get away from here. Take your men, your guns, your lights and get away. -There's been a murder in my county. The papers are beginning to scream. -What do I care?! My family's in that house over there!
Police motorbikes and police cars drive up to the house.
A caption reads: As Long As There Are Families The Desperate Hours Will Be Remembered
A caption reads: Starring Humphrey Bogart. Fredric March
Policemen with guns stake out the house.
A caption reads: Co-starring Arthur Kennedy Martha Scott Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy In
A caption reads: VistaVision Motion Picture High-Fidelity
A caption reads: William Wyler's The Desperate Hours Directed by William Wyler
Arrow Video
Director William Wyler (Detective Story, Roman Holiday) pairs up two Hollywood legends - Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca) and Fredric March (The Best Years of Our Lives) - for their only appearance together. The result is an electrifying tour de force pitting two giants of the silver screen against each other.
Three escaped cons, led by the ruthless Glenn Griffin (Bogart), force their way into a suburban home, intending to hide out while they await the arrival of an all-important package. But what should have been an overnight stay extends into a protracted hostage situation, pitting Glenn against the embattled family patriarch, Daniel Hilliard (March) - a man with everything to lose.
Adapted by Joseph Hayes (The Third Day) from his own novel and stage play and inspired by actual events, The Desperate Hours is a classic tale of suspense from a master filmmaker at the height of his creative powers, now fully restored from the original VistaVision negative.
Product Features
- Brand new restoration by Arrow Films from a 6k scan of the original VistaVision negative
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original restored lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on all films
- Brand new audio commentary by film historian Daniel Kremer
- Trouble in Suburbia - brand new appreciation of the film by José Arroyo, Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick
- The Lonely Man - brand new visual essay by Eloise Ross, co-curator of the Melbourne Cinémathèque
- Scaled Down and Ratcheted Up - brand new audio interview with Catherine Wyler, daughter of director William Wyler
- Lobby cards gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jennifer Dionisio
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Philip Kemp and Neil Sinyard
- Arrow Video
- 112 mins approx
- William Wyler
- NR
- Humphrey Bogart
- Fredric March
- Martha Scott
- 1.85:1
- English SDH
- 1955
- English
- 1
- A
- Arrow Video
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A suited man walks towards a house at night.
Dramatic music plays
A caption reads: The Time Has Come
A caption reads: When You, Too... Will Live Through... The Desperate Hours
A man sits at a breakfast table with his children when his wife hands him a newspaper.
From the much discussed Collier's magazine serial, the book club bestseller, the prize winning Broadway play.
An outline of a magazine, book and theatre lights are superimposed on the screen.
A young boy at home tries to escape but his way is stopped by two men. Meanwhile another man, Glenn, has a gun pointed at the rest of the family.
William Wyler brings to the screen the story of a family in it's most desperate hours.
The boy is ushered over to his parents who hug him.
Filled with the warmth, the emotion, the stirring courage you found in his great Academy Award winning productions "The Best Years of our Lives" and "Mrs Miniver" with this great all star cast.
Glenn talks with his back to two men.
A caption reads: Humphrey Bogart
Glenn talks with the father.
Shut up Mr Hilliard! History calls you.
You can't turn this on us!
And stay shut! I've got my guts good and full of you Mr Hilliard. Guys like you, smart-eyed, respectable suckers!
Mr Hilliard, crouches as he talks with his son.
A caption reads: Fredric March
-You're afraid aren't you? - Yes son. I'm afraid and I'm not ashamed of it. Sometimes it's better to be afraid.
A group of policeman all wearing suits and hats.
A caption reads: Arthur Kennedy
-Bard, you can't put off a showdown! -Nobody wants a showdown any more than I do. We can't get the poor slob's family massacred.
A young man, Hal, rests his arm against an open doorway.
A caption reads: Dewey Martin
Hal approaches Glenn as he enters the room.
Glenn, it can't go on! First the old man on the truck then the school teacher. Now the guy out here. Somebody is gonna get wise.
Mr and Mrs Hilliard hold onto each other, she in some distress.
A caption reads: Martha Scott
My darling we're not saved. If anything happens to you I...I won't let you go.
Ellie, that's the way it is! That's all. Now you do as I say.
They kiss.
Mr Hilliard speaks with an older policeman in an attic while more policeman sit nearby.
-Our job is to help you. -Well, then get away from here. Take your men, your guns, your lights and get away. -There's been a murder in my county. The papers are beginning to scream. -What do I care?! My family's in that house over there!
Police motorbikes and police cars drive up to the house.
A caption reads: As Long As There Are Families The Desperate Hours Will Be Remembered
A caption reads: Starring Humphrey Bogart. Fredric March
Policemen with guns stake out the house.
A caption reads: Co-starring Arthur Kennedy Martha Scott Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy In
A caption reads: VistaVision Motion Picture High-Fidelity
A caption reads: William Wyler's The Desperate Hours Directed by William Wyler
Arrow Video
Director William Wyler (Detective Story, Roman Holiday) pairs up two Hollywood legends - Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca) and Fredric March (The Best Years of Our Lives) - for their only appearance together. The result is an electrifying tour de force pitting two giants of the silver screen against each other.
Three escaped cons, led by the ruthless Glenn Griffin (Bogart), force their way into a suburban home, intending to hide out while they await the arrival of an all-important package. But what should have been an overnight stay extends into a protracted hostage situation, pitting Glenn against the embattled family patriarch, Daniel Hilliard (March) - a man with everything to lose.
Adapted by Joseph Hayes (The Third Day) from his own novel and stage play and inspired by actual events, The Desperate Hours is a classic tale of suspense from a master filmmaker at the height of his creative powers, now fully restored from the original VistaVision negative.
Product Features
- Brand new restoration by Arrow Films from a 6k scan of the original VistaVision negative
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original restored lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on all films
- Brand new audio commentary by film historian Daniel Kremer
- Trouble in Suburbia - brand new appreciation of the film by José Arroyo, Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick
- The Lonely Man - brand new visual essay by Eloise Ross, co-curator of the Melbourne Cinémathèque
- Scaled Down and Ratcheted Up - brand new audio interview with Catherine Wyler, daughter of director William Wyler
- Lobby cards gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jennifer Dionisio
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Philip Kemp and Neil Sinyard
- Arrow Video
- 112 mins approx
- William Wyler
- NR
- Humphrey Bogart
- Fredric March
- Martha Scott
- 1.85:1
- English SDH
- 1955
- English
- 1
- A
- Arrow Video
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