John Graham - A Desperate Hour
4 Extra Debut. Two crooks on the run lie low in a house taking the occupants hostage – surely a perfectly plausible plan? Stars Norman Rodway.
Two criminals on the run from the police decide to lie low in an ordinary family house, holding the occupants hostage.... after all Humphrey Bogart did it in The Desperate Hours. However, what appears simple on film is seldom so in real life, particularly if the occupants of the house are not as ordinary as it would first appear.
The Police:
Chief Constable Norman Makepeace .... Norman Rodway
Det-Sgt Brian Benskin .... Alan Downer
WPC Annabelle Robey .... Sarah Maxwell
Insp Groves .... Brian Haines
Sgt Thorogood .... Gordon Dulieu
The Criminals:
Snelgrove .... Jack May
O'Connor .... David Kelly
Others involved:
Ruth Makepeace .... Jennifer Piercey
Sarah Nelson .... Jenny Twigge
Directed by Glyn Dearman.
Written by John Graham.
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in December 1979.
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