Movie
Desperate Measures
Overview
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-01-30
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mandalay Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Keaton as Peter McCabe
- Andy Garcia as Frank Conner
- Brian Cox as Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
- Marcia Gay Harden as Dr. Samantha Hawkins
- Erik King as Nate Oliver
- Efrain Figueroa as Vargas
- Joseph Cross as Matthew Conner
- Janel Moloney as Sarah Davis
- Richard Riehle as Ed Fayne
- Tracey Walter as Medical Inmate
- Keith Diamond as Derrick Wilson
- Peter Weireter as SWAT Team Commander
Crew
- Barbet Schroeder - Director
- David Klass - Screenplay
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