Joseph Hayes

'Joseph Hayes' (qv) was a well-known playwright and author specializing in crime fiction. His best known work, "The Desperate Hours" was first a novel, than a successful Broadway play (taking the 1955 Tony for Best Play), and then a movie starring 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) and 'Fredric March' (qv). Hayes had a long career on Broadway and in the movies; he often collaborated with his wife, 'Marrijane Hayes' (qv), on a number of screenplays and scripts.::Jane Margaret Laight