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.
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Art Direction |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Theatre Play |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Sound | Gail Kubik | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Daniele Amfitheatrof | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Swink | Editor |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Screenplay |
| Directing | William Wyler | Director |
| Production | William Wyler | Producer |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Novel |
| Production | Robert Wyler | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Silvera | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Carl Mahakian | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Directing | John Waters | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Fred S. Fosler | Technical Advisor |
| Visual Effects | John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Hilton A. Green | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Bill Wistrom | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
