Desperate Hours is a 1990 film, a remake of the 1955 Humphrey Bogart crime drama of the same name, which was in turn based on the novel by Joseph Hayes. Desperate Hours stars Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse and David Morse.
Hardened criminal Michael Bosworth escapes from a courthouse jail with a gun slipped to him by his attorney, Nancy Breyers. To avoid a police manhunt, Bosworth chooses a Utah home at ra...
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Desperate Hours is a 1990 film, a remake of the 1955 Humphrey Bogart crime drama of the same name, which was in turn based on the novel by Joseph Hayes. Desperate Hours stars Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse and David Morse.
Hardened criminal Michael Bosworth escapes from a courthouse jail with a gun slipped to him by his attorney, Nancy Breyers. To avoid a police manhunt, Bosworth chooses a Utah home at random and holds a family hostage, hiding out with his brother Wally and another fugitive, Albert.
The home belongs to Tim Cornell. He and his wife Nora are on the verge of a separation, which upsets their two children. Cornell is trying to win back Nora's affection when the violent home invaders come into their lives.
Bosworth's attorney acts an innocent victim of her client, but does not fool an FBI agent named Brenda Chandler who puts surveillance on her every move. Breyers eventually cuts a deal with the agent to have charges against her...
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