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The Desperate Hours (1967 film)

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The Desperate Hours
Based onThe Desperate Hours
by Joseph Hayes
Written byClive Exton
Directed byTed Kotcheff
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDavid Susskind
ProducerDaniel Melnick
Original release
Release1967 (1967)

The Desperate Hours is a 1967 TV film. It was an adaptation of the 1954 novel The Desperate Hours.

Cast

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Production

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The film was originally going to star George Segal and Robert Stack.[1] 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.[2]

Reception

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One reviewer thought the leads were miscast.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "A.B.C.-TV PREPARING 'DESPERATE HOURS'". New York Times. May 31, 1967. ProQuest 118033113.
  2. ^ "Relentless robert pursues quality". Los Angeles Times. Jul 20, 1967. ProQuest 155712059.
  3. ^ MacMINN, A. (Dec 15, 1967). "TV REVIEWS". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155799841.
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