Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Walter Baldwin
- George Patterson
- (uncredited)
John Benson
- Bellboy
- (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
- Chef at Al's Dining Room
- (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
- Mr. Walling
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Joseph Hayes
- Jay Dratler(uncredited)
- Marcel Lebreton(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe character of Glenn Griffin was made older so Humphrey Bogart could play the role. The stage version starred Karl Malden and a young Paul Newman in the Bogart role.
- GoofsBefore Glenn asks Eleanor if she could make a phone call without crying, he puts his left hand in his pocket. When she stands up and walks to the phone, he puts the same hand in the pocket again.
- Quotes
[first lines]
[the morning newspaper hits the front door]
Ellie Hilliard: I'll get it, darling.
Daniel Hilliard: [about the newspaper boy's routine of always hitting the front door with the newspaper] Some morning I'm gonna catch up with that kid.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Colgate Comedy Hour: Episode #6.3 (1955)
Featured review
The Dials of the Desperadoes...
These are the times when danger looks us in the face, when terror, torment, tyranny lends an embrace, as all we cherish and endear, goes toe to toe with every fear, and the world that was secure, falls out of place. When every movement of the clock is an attack, facades of life engraved with fractures, widened cracks - tremors, trembles, quaking dread, in not too long, you might be dead, as the desperation reaches, a climax.
It's of its time but it does still stand up to be counted all these years later, with superb performances throughout, especially HB, who as an actor matured with magnificence in the latter years of his movie making career.
It's of its time but it does still stand up to be counted all these years later, with superb performances throughout, especially HB, who as an actor matured with magnificence in the latter years of his movie making career.
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- Casovi ocaja
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- Budget
- $2,388,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
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