Five Desperate Hours (1997)
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After holding up a convenience store, African American petty crook Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito) races to his girlfriend's house to give her the money. Confronted by the girl's current bedmate, he gets into a scuffle and accidentally shoots the man. Now the object of a citywide manhunt,… More After holding up a convenience store, African American petty crook Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito) races to his girlfriend's house to give her the money. Confronted by the girl's current bedmate, he gets into a scuffle and accidentally shoots the man. Now the object of a citywide manhunt, the desperate Grange stumbles onto a remote cabin occupied by Clair Ballard (Sharon Lawrence), a white woman. Though terrified at the prospect of being Joseph's hostage, Clair somehow senses that he is more frightened than she. Drawing upon lessons learned in her own troubled past, Clair tries to get at the root of Joseph's problems, not only hoping to defuse the situation but also to help the man come to peace with himself. And in the course of the next five hours, Clair also learns a lot about handling her own crises from her repentant captor. First telecast by NBC on October 5, 1997, Five Desperate Hours was based on a true story. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Dan Lerner
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 5, 1997 Wide
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Cast
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Rocky Carroll
as Lt. Frank Early
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Giancarlo Esposito
as Joseph Grange
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Brent Stait
as Danbury
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Stephen E. Miller
as Jeff Burroughs
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Garry Chalk
as Capt. Durk
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Sarah Scott Davis
as Charlene "Charlie" Mayberry
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Sharon Lawrence
as Clair Ballard
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Daniel Hugh Kelly
as Jim Ballard
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Colin Cunningham
as Wesley Ballard
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Gordie Giroux
as Tad
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Kimberly Unger
as Nora
