Desperate Hours is a 1990 remake of the 1955 William Wyler crime drama of the same title. Both films are based on the novel by Joseph Hayes, who also co-wrote the script for this movie with Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. Desperate Hours stars Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse and David Morse. It is directed by Michael Cimino, who had previously worked with Rourke on the films Heaven's Gate and Year of the Dragon. In Utah, Nancy Breyers is a defense lawyer who is inexplicably in love with client Michael Bosworth , a sociopathic convict. During a... break from a courtroom hearing, Nancy sneaks a gun to Bosworth. After Bosworth snaps a guard's neck, Bosworth and Nancy slip away. Bosworth tears at Nancy's clothing and leaves her behind, where she will tell authorities Bosworth held her at gunpoint during his escape. He speeds off in a car with his brother Wally , and their partner, the hulking, half-witted Albert , then changes cars with one Nancy has left for him in a remote location.
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| Release date: | October 5, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Michael Cimino |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Cimino, Dino De Laurentiis |
| Editor: | Christopher Rouse |
| Music by: | David Mansfield |
| Screenplay by: | Joseph Hayes, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal |
| Adapted from: | The Desperate Hours |
| Genre: | Thriller |