Five Desperate Hours

Five Desperate Hours

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 5, 1997

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Crime, Thriller, TV Movie

User Score

52%

Original Title

Five Desperate Hours

Director

Dan Lerner

Description

Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito), an unstable fugitive from the law, bursts into the home of suburban housewife Claire Ballard (Sharon Lawrence), and an intense hostage drama begins. Desperate to save her life, Claire initiates a dialogue with Grange as a trigger-happy SWAT team waits outside poised to storm the house. Claire, herself the product of a troubled past, begins to identify with the tormented Grange and, over five tension-filled hours, victim and captor forge an unlikely bond.