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Joseph Arnold Hayes

Joseph Arnold Hayes

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Joseph Arnold Hayes was born on Aug. 2, 1918, in Indianapolis, the son of a furniture factory worker. He considered joining the priesthood, but after a brief, unhappy stint in a seminary, went to Indiana University. After graduating, he left for New York, where he wrote for radio and television before his play “Leaf and Bough” was produced on Broadway in 1949. He was catapulted to fame with “The Desperate Hours,” his 1954 suspense novel about a suburban family taken hostage at home by three escaped convicts. In his review in The New York Times, the critic Orville Prescott called it “an expert study of the agonizing dilemma of a group of sharply delineated and deeply understood characters.” Immediately after the book’s debut, Mr. Hayes joined with an actor-turned-producer, Howard Erskine, to bring the theatrical version to Broadway. Their production, based on Mr. Hayes’s adaptation and starring a young Paul Newman, won the 1955 Tony Award for best play. Mr. Hayes also developed the novel into a screenplay; the movie, directed by William Wyler, with Humphrey Bogart in the role that Mr. Newman originated and Fredric March as the homeowner, won an Edgar Award in 1956. The film was remade in 1990 by Michael Cimino.

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Act of rage
Representative edition published 1991
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Act of rage
Representative edition published 1989
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The ways of darkness
Representative edition published 1987
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Morgen ist es zu spät
Representative edition published 1985
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The Desperate Hours
Representative edition published 1985
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The ways of darkness
Representative edition published 1985
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No escape
Representative edition published 1982
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Winner's circle
Representative edition published 1980
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Island on fire
Representative edition published 1979
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The long dark night
Representative edition published 1977
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The long dark night
Representative edition published 1974
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Like any other fugitive
Representative edition published 1971
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Christmas at home
Representative edition published 1970
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The third day
Representative edition published 1967
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The hours after midnight
Representative edition published 1961
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Missing, and presumed dead
Representative edition published 1977
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The deep end
Representative edition published 1967
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Calculated risk
Representative edition published 1963
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Don't go away mad ..
Representative edition published 1962
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Ask for me tomorrow
Representative edition published 1946
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