“12 Desperate Hours” Is Set To Released On Lifetime 2023

Lifetime’s upcoming drama 12 Hours is scheduled to debut on February 25, 2023 and tells the heartbreaking story of a criminal and a mother’s fight to save her family. The upcoming film will star Samantha Mathis as the lead, with Harrison Thomas and David Conrad sharing responsibilities in other major roles. It is directed by Gina Gershon, who is also an actress.

Lifetime’s summary for 12 Hours of Hope is as follows:

“This Lifetime original, adapted from Ann Rule’s true crime compilation Last Chance, Last Dance, follows Val (Samantha Mathis), a mother who discovers that she and her young children are being held captive by Denny (Harrison Thomas) when he arrives home. after carrying out a murder that same day.”

The events of the upcoming film are based on real events, as they are taken from the famous true crime writer’s collection Rule, Last Dance, Last Chance and Other True Cases: Crime Files Vol. 8, although the names and main characters are have changed considerably.

Val must fight to save her life in #12Desperate Hours. pic.twitter.com/mzxm7MIXcX

– Lifetime (@lifetimetv) February 21, 2023

What crime is 12 Desperate Hours based on?

12 Dangerous Hours follows an armed criminal who holds a family captive and forces their mother to drive him through a night of savage violence and terrible plots. This story is similar to that of Gary Lee Quinlivan, who was ultimately convicted of second-degree murder, first-degree murder, and first-degree kidnapping.

Her crimes began in Washington state in 1963, when Joan Marlatt ended her relationship with her then-boyfriend Quinlivan, who was unhappy. To contact her former partner, who lived with her mother, she sought the help of an acquaintance, Fritz Donahue. According to accounts, Quinlivan accidentally murdered his friend when he fell to the ground and his gun went off.

The autopsy showed the following:

“[Donahue] “He died from a shotgun blast to the head, with the wound in the horizontal plane, facts compatible with the fact that the gun was held at shoulder height and fired directly at the deceased.”

Quinlivan then fled into the woods and outside Patricia Jean Jaque’s home, where he forced her to give him a ride. The plot of 12 Hours was influenced by this. The following is an excerpt from the film’s synopsis:

“Val agrees to take Denny wherever he wants and becomes his reluctant companion as he embarks on a wave of devastation to save them and her husband Mark (David Conrad), who was due to return home at any moment. Despite the heartbreaking events, Val develops a connection with her kidnapper and uses it to save the lives of witnesses, herself, and even her kidnapper (2023).”

Last Dance, Last Chance, and Other True Cases: Crime Reports, Vol. 8 also included a disturbing account of this event. Gina Gershon told KTLA 5 about the situation:

“I was shocked…I’m tired of reading about another deadly murder on the news. It makes me very sad to think that these children go to school and may never leave it. It’s just terrible; “America has failed as a civilization and things are not getting better.”

Lifetime will debut 12 Hours on February 25, 2023 at 8 p.m. EDT. It will also be available to view the following day.

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