Desperate Measures (1998)

Desperate times call for. . .

Movie · Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime · 1h 40m · Rated 6.0/10 on TMDB · Released January 30, 1998

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.

Directed by Barbet Schroeder

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

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