The Desperate Hours (1967 film)
The Desperate Hours is a 1967 TV film. It was an adaptation of the 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.
