Five Desperate Hours (1997)
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.
- Released
- 1997-10-05
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Dan Lerner
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Sharon Lawrence as Clair Ballard
- Giancarlo Esposito as Joseph Grange
- Daniel Hugh Kelly as Jim Ballard
- Rocky Carroll as Lt. Frank Early
- Doug Abrahams as Cop #5
- Garry Chalk as Capt. Durk
- Brent Stait as Danbury
- Gordie Giroux as Tad
- Kimberly Unger as Nora
- Tarie Tennessey as SWAT Officer
- Colin Cunningham as Wesley Ballard
- J. B. Bivens as Sergeant