Five Desperate Hours

Five Desperate Hours (1997)

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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.

Director: Dan Lerner

Casts

	Sharon Lawrence as Clair Ballard
	Giancarlo Esposito as Joseph Grange
	Daniel Hugh Kelly as Jim Ballard
	Rocky Carroll as Lt. Frank Early
	Doug Abrahams as Cop #5
	Garry Chalk as Capt. Durk
	Brent Stait as Danbury
	Gordie Giroux as Tad
	Kimberly Unger as Nora
	Tarie Tennessey as SWAT Officer
	Colin Cunningham as Wesley Ballard
	J. B. Bivens as Sergeant
	Brenda Crichlow as TV Reporter
	Stephen E. Miller as Jeff Burroughs
	Zahf Paroo as Clerk
	Danielle Saklofsky as Receptionist
	Garvin Cross as Cop #1
	Fulvio Cecere as Cop #3
	Dean Mckenzie as Cop #4

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