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