Desperate Hours (1990)
Genres: Suspense, Action, Noir, Thriller
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Mickey Rourke, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse, David Morse, Elias Koteas, Shawnee Smith
Desperate Hours is a 1990 American neo-noir action thriller film, and a remake of the 1955 William Wyler crime drama of the same title. Both films are based on the 1954 novel by Joseph Hayes, who also co-wrote the script for this film with Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. Desperate Hours stars Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse, Elias Koteas 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.