Alan Reed, Arthur Kennedy, Bert Freed
A ruthless convict escapes from prison with the aid of his kid brother and a giant oaf of a thug. The trio break into a middle-class home and hold a family hostage as the con awaits his girlfriend to ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 10, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (79)
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March 6, 2007In one of Bogart's least sympathetic roles, he plays the sociopathic leader of a group of criminals holed up in an ordinary family's home. The tension builds as the gang get increasingly desperate and paranoid while the family attempts to escape their captors. Gripping.
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January 6, 2007I can't believe I'm saying this, but I liked the Mickey Rourke version better -- and I didn't like that one so much, y'know?
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August 27, 2008Bogart admitted that he was too old to be playing a gangster and it does show here. The picture is very solid and as usual Bogie is a menace to a science. Surprisingly enough Fredric March was a little less convincing as the husband/father role. Victimized characters do tend to m...( read more)
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August 26, 2007hmm valla bu fi,lmi izledim ama taa ne zamn akl?mda bile kalmad? hayal meyal hat?rl?yorum...
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