Five Desperate Hours
5.8
“In seconds, their paths crossed. In hours, their lives changed.”
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.
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Cast
25 people
Sharon Lawrence
Clair Ballard
Known for
NYPD Blue
Joe Pickett
Giancarlo Esposito
Joseph Grange
Known for
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Thomas Carter
Dan Lerner
Philip Rosenberg
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Jim Ballard
Known for
Cujo
The Good Son
Penelope L Foster
Rocky Carroll
Lt. Frank Early
Known for
NCIS
Yes Man
Doug Abrahams
Cop #5
Known for
Tin Man
Titanic
Garry Chalk
Capt. Durk
Known for
It
Beast Wars: Transformers
Sarah Scott Davis
Charlene 'Charlie' Mayberry
Brent Stait
Danbury
Known for
Snowpiercer
Final Destination 5
Dan Lerner Director · Philip Rosenberg Writer Martin Davich Composer
United States release October 5, 1997 · Produced in Canada, United States · Production NBC
Production
Thomas Carter Company
Production
NBC
Production
Canada · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 5, 1997
Theatrical
Germany
April 7, 1999 · Theatrical
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