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Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Writer:
Andrew L. Stone (writer)
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Release Date:
13 July 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama | Thriller
Tagline:
Three young, empty-eyed killers, without mercy or morals, turn a private home into a house of horror! more
Plot:
A group of escaped convicts take over a suburban home to evade the ongoing police manhunt, making the lives of the family living there a nightmare... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Saw both this & The Desperate Hours, but 40 years apart! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jack Kelly ... Gene Courtier
Hildy Parks ... Doris Courtier
Vince Edwards ... Victor Gosset
John Cassavetes ... Robert Batsford
David Cross ... Luther Logan
Eddie Marr ... Captain Cole (as Edward Marr)
Jack Kruschen ... Detective Pope
Joyce McCluskey ... Phyllis Harrison
Jonathan Hale ... Bob Henderson
Barney Phillips ... Stranske
Roy Neal ... TV News Broadcaster
Joel Marston ... Reporter
Guy Kingsford ... Police Technician
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Germany:86 min | USA:86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more

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2 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Saw both this & The Desperate Hours, but 40 years apart!, 29 June 2002
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Author: Gordon from VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Saw "The Nite Holds Terror" in 1956. Enjoyed it so much I wanted to see it again, but it was showing for just 2 or 3 days in my small home town. I don't recall it ever coming to nearby towns or being listed on tv and wondered why. Perhaps because the Humphrey Bogart version called "The Desperate Hours" garnered a larger following. Did not see the Bogart version until June 2002 and even after 40 years I see the remarkable similarities. I think the pictures were equally as good. Thank you.

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