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Hostage | Indianapolis
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Best Director | 1955 | William
Budget 2,300,000 USD
Box Office Collection 2,500,000 USD
The character of Glenn Griffin was made older so Humphrey Bogart could play the role. The stage version starred Karl Malden and a young Paul Newman in the Bogart role.
After the movie previewed, Humphrey Bogart told director William Wyler, "I think I'm too old to play gangsters".
Fredric March's part was intended for Spencer Tracy, a good friend of Humphrey Bogart's, but neither Tracy nor Bogart was willing to concede top billing to the other.
This movie and the play on which it was based, are loosely based on the experience of the Hill family in 1952. An article published by Life magazine about the play is the subject of the Supreme Court case Time Inc. v. Hill, in which the family sued the magazine for stating that play depicted what really happened.
The exterior of the house used in the film is the same set used in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), and as the Cleaver home in Leave It to Beaver (1957).
"[first lines] [the morning newspaper hits the front door] Ellie Hilliard: I'll get it, darling. Daniel Hilliard: [about the newspaper boy's routine of always hitting the front door with the newspaper] Some morning I'm gonna catch up with that kid."
"Glenn Griffin: [when Hilliard threatens him with a gun] You haven't got it in you, Pop. Daniel Hilliard: I've got it in me, all right. *You* put it there."
