"A reign of violence sweeps the screen." 05 October 1955 Thriller, Crime 112 mins
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
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Humphrey Bogart as Glenn Griffin
Fredric March as Daniel C. Hilliard
Arthur Kennedy as Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Martha Scott as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
Dewey Martin as Hal Griffin
Gig Young as Chuck Wright
Mary Murphy as Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
Richard Eyer as Ralph Hilliard
Robert Middleton as Sam Kobish
Bert Freed as Tom Winston
Ray Collins as Sheriff Masters
Whit Bissell as FBI Agent Carson
Ray Teal as State Police Lt. Fredericks
Walter Baldwin as George Patterson
Edmund Cobb as Mr. Walling
Ann Doran as Mrs. Walling
J. McMillan Johnson Art Direction
Joseph Hayes Theatre Play
Hal Pereira Art Direction
Gail Kubik Original Music Composer
Daniele Amfitheatrof Original Music Composer
Lee Garmes Director of Photography
Robert Swink Editor
Joseph Hayes Screenplay
William Wyler Director
William Wyler Producer
Joseph Hayes Novel
Robert Wyler Associate Producer
Hugo Grenzbach Sound Recordist
Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director
Grace Gregory Set Decoration
Winston H. Leverett Sound Recordist
Horas desesperadas Trailer
Brazil 06 February 2003
Japan 16 March 1956
United States 05 October 1955
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16 September 1955
A story about the passengers of the inland waterway Heinävesi. Salli, the daughter of the captain, dreams of an acting career and joins a performance by a theater company traveling on a ship.
13 September 1955
The film portrays the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914.
13 November 1955
Manickam is wanted by the army of East India Company. He is absconding and takes refuge in the house of Maheswari.
01 October 1955
A tour of sports played in the Caribbean in Puerto Rico and Jamaica. An airplane fly's over Puerto Rico.
04 March 1955
Arthur Sellmann is marrying Irene, and his friend, the spiritual Diana makes him read his future in the palm of his hands every week.
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Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera.
24 March 1955
A young woman welcomes a stranger into her home who pretends to have an accident. After a fleeting romance, the two marry and she immediately inherits a fortune due to the death of her uncle.
20 December 1955
Since the capable landlady Maria bears a striking resemblance to the ruler of a miniature state, she is tasked with playing the role of princess during her absence.
06 August 1955
While her new husband is away looking for work, the wife loses the child she was expecting and uses another woman's baby as a substitute so she won't have to upset her spouse when he returns.
01 July 1955
A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.
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