“Desire is the deadliest weapon of all.”
Desperate Hours
5.4
223 votes·1990
·1h 45m
·MovieThrillerCrime
Overview
An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.2x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
based on novel or bookhostageutahescaped convictremakehome invasionfamily hostage
Cast
Mickey Rourke
Michael Bosworth
Anthony Hopkins
Tim Cornell
Mimi Rogers
Nora Cornell
Lindsay Crouse
Brenda Chandler
Kelly Lynch
Nancy Breyers
Elias Koteas
Wally Bosworth
David Morse
Albert
Shawnee Smith
May Cornell
Danny Gerard
Zack Cornell
Gerry Bamman
Ed Tallent
Matt McGrath
Kyle
John Christopher Jones
Neff
Dean Norris
Maddox
John Finn
Lexington
Christopher Curry
Chabon
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