Desperate Measures poster
Director Barbet Schroeder
Screenplay David Klass

Desperate Measures

Tagline: Desperate times call for. . .

Release Date: 1998-01-30

Duration: 100 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Michael Keaton
    Peter McCabe
  • Brian Cox
    Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
  • Andy García
    Frank Conner
  • Erik King
    Nate Oliver
  • Marcia Gay Harden
    Dr. Samantha Hawkins
  • Tracey Walter
    Medical Inmate
  • Dennis Cockrum
    Pelican Bay Head Guard
  • Michael Shamus Wiles
    Tough Inmate
  • Janel Moloney
    Sarah Davis
  • Richard Riehle
    Ed Fayne