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Desperate Measures
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6.0San 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.
Released: 1998-01-30100 minDir: Barbet SchroederAction, Drama, Thriller, CrimeBudget: $50.0MBox office: $13.8M
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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
Themes
- chase
- donation
- paranoia
- terminal illness
- leukemia
- prison escape
- hospital
- psychological thriller
- criminal
- convict
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
18,825 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
19%
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Barbet Schroeder
- Screenwriter
- David Klass
- Cast member
- Michael Shamus Wiles
- Composer
- Trevor Jones
- Cinematographer
- Luciano Tovoli
- Narrative location
- Pittsburgh
- Filming location
- Pittsburgh
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 549579
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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