How The Desperate Hours performed
Budget
$2.3M
Worldwide Gross
$2.5M
Gross Profit
$200,000
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$420K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Glenn Griffin
Humphrey Bogart
Glenn Griffin
Daniel C. Hilliard
Fredric March
Daniel C. Hilliard
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Arthur Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
Martha Scott
Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
Hal Griffin
Dewey Martin
Hal Griffin
Chuck Wright
Gig Young
Chuck Wright
Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
Mary Murphy
Cynthia 'Cindy' Hilliard
Ralph Hilliard
Richard Eyer
Ralph Hilliard
Sam Kobish
Robert Middleton
Sam Kobish
Tom Winston
Bert Freed
Tom Winston
Sheriff Masters
Ray Collins
Sheriff Masters
FBI Agent Carson
Whit Bissell
FBI Agent Carson
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