The Desperate Hours (Hayes novel)

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The Desperate Hours is a thriller novel written by Joseph Hayes in 1954. It concerns three escaped convicts and their invasion of a suburban home and its family.

Adaptations

• The Desperate Hours (1955 play)
• The Desperate Hours (1955 film)
• The Desperate Hours (1967 TV movie)
• 36 Ghante (1974 film)
• Desperate Hours (1990 film)

Foreign Language Adaptions

• 36 Ghante (1974)-Hindi language film in India