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Five Desperate Hours (1997)

Five Desperate Hours (1997)

Crime Thriller TV Movie

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

Release Date: 1997, October 5
Directors: Dan Lerner
Countries: Canada, United States of America
Production: Thomas Carter Company, NBC
Cast: Zahf Paroo, Giancarlo Esposito, Stephen E. Miller, Garry Chalk, Doug Abrahams, Dean Mckenzie, Fulvio Cecere, Brenda Crichlow, Brent Stait, Garvin Cross, Rocky Carroll, Colin Cunningham

Overview:

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.