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