The Desperate Hours

“A reign of violence sweeps the screen.”

Three escaped convicts have gone quiet, and the police on the Northside of Indianapolis cannot say where they are. Glenn Griffin (Humphrey Bogart) has picked out an ordinary suburban house and the family inside it, and William Wyler stays within its walls. Daniel Hilliard (Fredric March), the father, keeps his voice level and takes in every move Griffin makes.