Cast & crew
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Directed by William Wyler Written by Joseph Hayes
Cast
| Humphrey Bogart | Glenn Griffin |
| Martha Scott | Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard |
| Fredric March | Daniel C. Hilliard |
| Arthur Kennedy | Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard |
| Dewey Martin | Hal Griffin |
| Gig Young | Chuck Wright |
| Mary Murphy | Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard |
| Richard Eyer | Ralph Hilliard |
| Ray Collins | Sheriff Masters |
| Robert Middleton | Sam Kobish |
| Bert Freed | Tom Winston |
| Whit Bissell | FBI Agent Carson |
| Edmund Cobb | Mr. Walling |
| Ann Doran | Mrs. Walling |
| Beverly Garland | Miss Swift |
| Ray Teal | State Police Lt. Fredericks |
| Walter Baldwin | George Patterson |
| Helen Kleeb | Miss Wells |
| Ric Roman | Sal |
| Burt Mustin | Carl |
| Louis Lettieri | Bucky Walling |
| Pat Flaherty | Dutch |
| Ralph Dumke | Clint |
| Paul E. Burns | Chef at Al's Dining Room |
| John Benson | Bellboy |
| Donald Kerr | Barkeeper |
| James O'Hara | Gas Station Attendant |
| Don Haggerty | Detective (uncredited) |
| Alan Reed | Detective (uncredited) |
| Joe Flynn | Motorist Hijacked by Hal |
| Fred S. Fosler | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| Michael Moore | Detective (uncredited) |
| Paul Salata | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| Mike Mahoney | State Trooper (uncredited) |
| Joel D. Smith | State Trooper (uncredited) |
| Simon Oakland | State Trooper (uncredited) |
Crew
| William Wyler | Producer |
| Joseph Hayes | Screenplay |
| Robert Swink | Editor |
| J. McMillan Johnson | Art Direction |
| Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| William Wyler | Director |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Original Music Composer |
| Gail Kubik | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph Hayes | Theatre Play |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Robert Wyler | Associate Producer |
| Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Joseph Hayes | Novel |
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Fred S. Fosler | Technical Advisor |
| Bill Wistrom | Assistant Editor |
| Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Karl Silvera | Makeup Artist |
| Carl Mahakian | Sound Editor |
| John Waters | Second Unit Director |
| Hilton A. Green | Assistant Director |
| John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |