Desperate Measures
“Desperate times call for. . .”
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.
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Cast
24 people
Michael Keaton
Peter McCabe
Known for
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Andy Garcia
Frank Conner
Known for
Ocean's Eleven
Passengers
Brian Cox
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Known for
Succession
The Bourne Supremacy
Marcia Gay Harden
Dr. Samantha Hawkins
Known for
Into the Wild
The Mist
Erik King
Nate Oliver
Known for
Dexter
Oz
Efrain Figueroa
Vargas
Known for
Stiletto
Joseph Cross
Matthew Conner
Known for
Big Little Lies
Jack Frost
Janel Moloney
Sarah Davis
Known for
The Leftovers
The West Wing
Richard Riehle
Ed Fayne
Known for
The Legend of Korra
Office Space
Tracey Walter
Medical Inmate
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
I Spit on Your Grave
Keith Diamond
Derrick Wilson
Known for
Men in Black: The Series
Awakenings
Peter Weireter
SWAT Team Commander
Known for
The Heat
The General's Daughter
Barbet Schroeder Director · David Klass Screenplay Trevor Jones Composer
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $50M · United States release January 30, 1998
Box office
Budget
$50,000,000
Worldwide gross
$13,800,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Mandalay Entertainment
Production
TriStar Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Belgium · January 30, 1998
Theatrical
United States · January 30, 1998
Theatrical
Czechia
September 28, 1998 · Physical
France
March 11, 1998 · Theatrical
Germany
March 11, 1998 · Theatrical
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