Michael Bosworth, een uit de gevangenis ontsnapte crimineel, duikt op in een rustige straat in zijn geboorteplaats. Bosworth die enkele uren daarvoor nog een jarenlange straf in het vooruitzicht had, zal binnen onafzienbare tijd als vrij man naar Mexico verdwijnen.
Nee, helaas is Desperate Hours nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Michael Cimino | Director |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Novel |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Mark Rosenthal | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lawrence Konner | Screenplay |
| Art | Patricia Klawonn | Art Direction |
| Production | Martha De Laurentiis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Cimino | Producer |
| Production | Mary Colquhoun | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles DeCaro | Costume Design |
| Production | Mel Dellar | Line Producer |
| Editing | Christopher Rouse | Editor |
| Sound | David Mansfield | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mel Dellar | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Camera | Douglas Milsome | Director of Photography |
| Art | Victoria Paul | Production Design |
| Art | Crispian Sallis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Mills | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jack Kirschner | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Ternes | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jay M. Harding | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gregory H. Watkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bill W. Benton | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | James J. Klinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Fava | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Keith A. Wester | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunts |
