The Desperate Hours 1960

The Desperate Hours

Show Program

Show Times

July 9, 1960
About the show
Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Directed by: Tom Wright
Produced by: Conejo Players

The Hilliards are a typical family living on the outskirts of Indianapolis; abruptly, their pleasant home becomes a jungle full of cunning and violence. Mr. Hilliard and nineteen-year-old Cindy are allowed to go to work, while Mrs. Hilliard and ten-year-old Ralphie remain in the house as hostages. Meanwhile, the police search closes in inexorably, conducted by a deputy sheriff who has his own reasons for wanting to kill. The Hilliards are helpless. A murder occurs. The police move closer. Adapted from Joseph Hayes’ best-selling novel.

Cast & Crew

Bernice Meade – ELEANOR HILLIARD
Sterling Meade – RALPHIE HILLIARD
Robert Bruce Jones – DAN HILLIARD
Marcie Hauser – CINDY HILLIARD
Dayle Jenkins – TOM WINSTON
James Northouse – JESSE BARD
Dick Ross – HARRY CARSON
Delsi Robbins – GLENN GRIFFIN
Francis A. Richardson – HANK GRIFFIN
John Dryer – ROBISH
Jim Adams – CHUCK WRIGHT
Ellis Pek – MR. PATTERSON
David Overturf – LT. CARL FREDERICKS
Celia Schroff – MISS SWIFT


Assistant Director: Dick Evans
Stage Manager: Bob Lloyd
Set Design and Execution: Dwight Hauser
Assistants: Red Walters, Andrea Gilbert, Billy Detering, Bob Mobley, Helen Dehm, Marie Steffler, Pat Johnson
Technical Director: Herman Detering
Properties: Pat Stadelman
Costuming: Maxine Meyerhoeffer
Sound: Bud Fredrickson
Photography: Hazel Speirs
Promoter: Verna Jean Northouse

BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager: Lillian Borgeson
Business ManagerAssistant: Janeanne Lynch
Publicity: Jack Speirs
Publicity Assistant: Liz Kelem

HOUSE STAFF
House Manager: Frank Requa
Hostess: Doris Detering
Captain of Usherettes: Helena Hauser