Hollywood screenwriter, fellow UCLA alumnus, and former teaching assistant to Professor Howard Suber (author of
The Power of Film), Jefferson Dunbar emailed that Joseph Hayes, author of
The Desperate Hours--Humphrey Bogart's classic 1955 film, directed by William Wyler--has passed away. Like Hayes, Dunbar is a writer, Hoosier, and Indiana University alum. You can read
Hayes' New York Times obituary here.