Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

100 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Jan. 30, 1998

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.

Desperate Measures

100 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Jan. 30, 1998

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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers TriStar Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment
Original title Desperate Measures
Directors David Hallinan, Susan Malerstein, Barbet Schroeder, Geoffrey Hansen, David R. Ellis
Writers David Klass

Cast

Michael Keaton

as Peter McCabe

Andy GarcĂ­a

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

Steve Park

as Dr. Gosha

Dennis Cockrum

as Pelican Bay Head Guard

John Meier

as Rains, Cop shot in ER

Norman Howell

as Kellen, Burnt Cop

John Rottger

as Trimble, Burnt Cop

Donna Keegan

as Donna, Burning Nurse

Michael Shamus Wiles

as Tough Inmate

Scott Colomby

as Patrol Cop