01298cgm a2200265 4500 55723688 TxAuBib 20090910120000.0 070215s1955||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u fi 55001049 9780792187080 $20.00 0792187083 $20.00 DLC CarP DLC TxAuBib Paramount Pictures. The Desperate Hours [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures. [n.p. : Paramount Pictures Corp, 1955. 112 min., , b&w, videodisc : English ; 4 3/4 in. VistaVision. Based on the novel and play of the same title by Joseph Hayes. SUMMARY: A suspense melodrama about the terror and helplessness of an Indianapolis banker, his wife, and two children during a 48-hour period when they were held at gunpoint by three escaped convicts who invaded their suburban home. CREDITS: Producer and director, William Wyler; screenplay, Joseph Hayes; music score, Gail Kubik; editor Robert Swink. CAST: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin. 20070215. Hayes, Joseph, 1918-2006. Paramount Pictures Corporation. [from old catalog].