Glenn Griffin, zijn broer Hal en hun zeer gewelddadige celmaat Sam Kobish zijn uit de gevangenis ontsnapt. Het trio zoekt om onder te duiken voor de politie een huis uit in een rijke woonwijk van Indianapolis.
Nee, helaas is The Desperate Hours nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | William Wyler | Director |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Screenplay |
| Production | William Wyler | Producer |
| Sound | Gail Kubik | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Daniele Amfitheatrof | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Swink | Editor |
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Novel |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Robert Wyler | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Silvera | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Hilton A. Green | Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Waters | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Carl Mahakian | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Bill Wistrom | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Fred S. Fosler | Technical Advisor |
