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Five Desperate Hours

Five Desperate Hours

Five Desperate Hours

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
1h 29m
Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito), 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. (Trakt.com)

Directed by:

Dan Lerner
Dan-Lerner
12 total credits
Credits include: The Sky's on Fire, Stand by Your Woman, Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens, Sharp Elbows and Five Desperate Hours

Writer:

Philip Rosenberg
Philip-Rosenberg
9 total credits
Credits include: Badge of the Assassin, Murder of Innocence, Close to Danger, Contract on Cherry Street and Detective

Starring:

Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo-Esposito
107 total credits
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American film and television actor and director. Esposito is known for his portrayal of FBI agent Mike Giardello on the TV crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street. That role reflected both his black and Italian heritage. He played this role from 1998-1999 until the series' cancellation. The character's father Al is portrayed as subject to colorism, something Esposito's character practiced in School Daze...(Wikipedia)
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Sharon Lawrence
Sharon-Lawrence
32 total credits
Credits include: Solace, Little Black Book, Gossip, Middle of Nowhere and On Becoming A God In Central Florida
,
Rocky Carroll
Rocky-Carroll
12 total credits
Credits include: Crimson Tide, The Chase, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Best Laid Plans and Prelude to a Kiss
,
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Daniel-Hugh-Kelly
19 total credits
Credits include: The Good Son, Cujo, From the Earth to the Moon, Bad Company and The Monkey's Paw
,
Doug Abrahams
Doug-Abrahams
10 total credits
Credits include: Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, The King of Fighters, Killer Bees!, The Christmas Clause and Hell Money

AKA:

Amenazada

Countries:

Canada, USA

Language:

English

Five Desperate Hours

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
1h 29m
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Directed by:

Dan Lerner
Dan-Lerner
12 total credits
Credits include: The Sky's on Fire, Stand by Your Woman, Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens, Sharp Elbows and Five Desperate Hours

Writer:

Philip Rosenberg
Philip-Rosenberg
9 total credits
Credits include: Badge of the Assassin, Murder of Innocence, Close to Danger, Contract on Cherry Street and Detective

Starring:

Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo-Esposito
107 total credits
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American film and television actor and director. Esposito is known for his portrayal of FBI agent Mike Giardello on the TV crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street. That role reflected both his black and Italian heritage. He played this role from 1998-1999 until the series' cancellation. The character's father Al is portrayed as subject to colorism, something Esposito's character practiced in School Daze...(Wikipedia)
,
Sharon Lawrence
Sharon-Lawrence
32 total credits
Credits include: Solace, Little Black Book, Gossip, Middle of Nowhere and On Becoming A God In Central Florida
,
Rocky Carroll
Rocky-Carroll
12 total credits
Credits include: Crimson Tide, The Chase, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Best Laid Plans and Prelude to a Kiss
,
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Daniel-Hugh-Kelly
19 total credits
Credits include: The Good Son, Cujo, From the Earth to the Moon, Bad Company and The Monkey's Paw
,
Doug Abrahams
Doug-Abrahams
10 total credits
Credits include: Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, The King of Fighters, Killer Bees!, The Christmas Clause and Hell Money

AKA:

Amenazada

Countries:

Canada, USA

Language:

English
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