The Desperate Hours (1967 film)

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

Cast

 * George Segal as Glenn Griffin
 * Arthur Hill as Dan Hilliard
 * Michael Conrad as Sam Robish
 * Mart Hulswit as Graham Jarvis
 * Michael Kearney as Ralphie Hilliard
 * Yvette Mimieux as Cindy Hilliard
 * Barry Primus as Hank Griffin
 * Dolph Sweet as Jesse Bard
 * Ralph Waite as Lt. Fredericks
 * Teresa Wright as Eleanor Hilliard

Production
The film was originally going to star George Segal and Robert Stack. 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.

Reception
One reviewer thought the leads were miscast.