Movie
Bringing Out the Dead
Overview
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-10-22
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Scott Rudin Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Cappa/De Fina Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce
- Patricia Arquette as Mary Burke
- John Goodman as Larry Verber
- Ving Rhames as Marcus
- Tom Sizemore as Tom Wolls
- Marc Anthony as Noel
- Mary Beth Hurt as Nurse Constance
- Cliff Curtis as Cy Coates
- Aida Turturro as Nurse Crupp
- Nestor Serrano as Dr. Hazmat
- Cynthia Roman as Rose
- Sonja Sohn as Kanita
Crew
- Martin Scorsese - Director
- Paul Schrader - Screenplay
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