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Desperate Measures

Desperate times call for. . .

1998 · R · 1h 40m

Directed by Barbet Schroeder

6.0

TMDB audience score
338 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Michael Keaton
    Peter McCabe

  • Andy Garcia
    Frank Conner

  • Brian Cox
    Captain Jeremiah Cassidy

  • Marcia Gay Harden
    Dr. Samantha Hawkins

  • Erik King
    Nate Oliver

  • Efrain Figueroa
    Vargas

  • Joseph Cross
    Matthew Conner

  • Janel Moloney
    Sarah Davis

  • Richard Riehle
    Ed Fayne

  • Tracey Walter
    Medical Inmate

  • Keith Diamond
    Derrick Wilson

  • Peter Weireter
    SWAT Team Commander

  • Steve Park
    Dr. Gosha

  • Dennis Cockrum
    Pelican Bay Head Guard

  • John C. Meier
    Rains, Cop shot in ER

  • Norman Howell
    Kellen, Burnt Cop

  • John Rottger
    Trimble, Burnt Cop

  • Donna Keegan
    Donna, Burning Nurse