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Desperate Measures(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-01-30
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291 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Desperate times call for. . .
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.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $50,000,000.00
Revenue: $13,800,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Mandalay Entertainment
Movie: Desperate Measures
Top 10 Billed Cast
Michael Keaton
Peter McCabe
Andy García
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
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