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The Desperate Hours (1967 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Desperate Hours' is a 1967 TV film. It was an adaptation of the 1954 novel 'The Desperate Hours'.
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. 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.
Reception
One reviewer thought the leads were miscast.
References
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