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 | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Lawrence Konner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mark Rosenthal | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Hayes | Screenplay |
| Production | Mel Dellar | Line Producer |
| Production | Martha De Laurentiis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Production | Michael Cimino | Producer |
| Sound | David Mansfield | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Douglas Milsome | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Christopher Rouse | Editor |
| Production | Mary Colquhoun | Casting |
| Art | Victoria Paul | Production Design |
| Art | Patricia Klawonn | Art Direction |
| Art | Crispian Sallis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles DeCaro | Costume Design |
| Production | Mel Dellar | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Fava | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Mills | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Ternes | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bill W. Benton | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jay M. Harding | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jack Kirschner | Sound Editor |
| Sound | James J. Klinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gregory H. Watkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Keith A. Wester | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunts |
