Five Desperate Hours

“In seconds, their paths crossed. In hours, their lives changed.”

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.

Screenplay

Philip Rosenberg

Director

Dan Lerner

Music

Martin Davich

Status

Released

Release date

05/10/1997

Original language

English