Desperate Measures

1998

100 min

6.0

Ends at

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.

Budget

$50,000,000

Genre

Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Director

Barbet Schroeder

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Michael Keaton

Andy García

Brian Cox

Marcia Gay Harden

Erik King

Efrain Figueroa

Joseph Cross

Janel Moloney

Richard Riehle

Tracey Walter

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Desperate Measures

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.

  • Michael Keaton

  • Andy García

  • Brian Cox

  • Marcia Gay Harden

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