Desperate Measures

January. 30,1998      R
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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 as  Peter McCabe
Andy García 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

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