Five Desperate Hours
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Five Desperate Hours

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

★ 6.0/10 TMDB 1997-10-05 90 min

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.

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Sharon Lawrence
Sharon Lawrence
Clair Ballard
Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Esposito
Joseph Grange
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Jim Ballard
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll
Lt. Frank Early
Doug Abrahams
Doug Abrahams
Cop #5
Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk
Capt. Durk
Brent Stait
Brent Stait
Danbury
Gordie Giroux
Tad
Kimberly Unger
Kimberly Unger
Nora
Tarie Tennessey
SWAT Officer
Colin Cunningham
Colin Cunningham
Wesley Ballard
J. B. Bivens
J. B. Bivens
Sergeant
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