The Desperate Hours is a 1955 English-language Crime Drama movie written by Joseph Hayes and Jay Dratler. The movie is directed by William Wyler. Glen, Hal and Sam are three escaped convicts who move in on and terrorize a suburban household. The desperate hours features Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young and Joel D. Smith. The Desperate Hours was made on a budget of $2 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $2 million.