The Desperate Hours
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Description:After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
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Actor:Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Miles Mander, Douglas Walton, Donald Douglas, Ralf Harolde, Esther Howard, Ernie Adams, George Anderson, Edward Biby, Jack Carr, Tom Coleman, Ralph Dunn, Sam Finn, Rudy Germane, Fred Graham, Bill Hamilton, Paul Hilton, John Indrisano, Daun Kennedy, Donald Kerr, King Lockwood, Paul Phillips, Dewey Robinson, Shimen Ruskin, Larry Wheat,
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Release:1944-12-14
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