- Country: USA
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
- Release: 1998-01-30
- Director: Barbet Schroeder
- Writers: David Klass
- Language: English
- Stars: Michael Keaton , Andy Garcia , Brian Cox (I) , Marcia Gay Harden , Erik King , Efrain Figueroa , Joseph Cross , Janel Moloney , Richard Riehle , Tracey Walter
- Runtime: 100 min
- Awards: 1 win
- AKA: W akcie desperacji (Poland) , Piinaavat hetket (Finland) , Medidas Desesperadas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , 天雷地火 (Taiwan) , Hranica zúfalstva (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , Derniers recours (Canada) , Desperate Measures - Jede Stunde zählt (Germany) , Sista utvägen (Sweden) , Απεγνωσμένες κινήσεις (Greece) , Desperate Measures (United States of America) , Hranice zoufalství (Czech Republic) , Očajničke mere (Serbia) , Apegnosmenes kiniseis (Greece) , Последен шанс (Bulgaria) , Medidas desesperadas (Spain) , Desperate Measures , Son umut (Turkey) , Desperatiški veiksmai (Lithuania) , Mesures desesperades (Spain) , 絶体×絶命 (Japan) , Očajnički čin (Croatia) , Desperate Measures (United Kingdom) , Desperate Measures (Australia) , डेस्परट मेशर्स (India) , Masuri disperate (Romania) , L'enjeu (France, French Republic) , Soluzione estrema (Italy) , Отчаянные меры (Russian Federation) , Gyilkos donor (Hungary) , Horas de angustia (Mexico) , Pacto con la muerte (Argentina) , Medidas Desesperadas (Brazil) , Desperate Measures (India)
- Plot:
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:tt0118966
Desperate Measures Cast · · · ALL
Barbet Schroeder
Director
Michael Keaton
Peter McCabe
Andy Garcia
Frank Conner
Brian Cox
(I)
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Marcia Gay Harden
Dr. Samantha Hawkins
Erik King
Nate Oliver
Efrain Figueroa
Vargas
Joseph Cross
Matthew Conner
Janel Moloney
Sarah Davis
Richard Riehle
Ed Fayne
Tracey Walter
Medical Inmate
Keith Diamond
Derrick Wilson
Peter Weireter
SWAT Team Commander
Steve Park
Dr. Gosha
Dennis Cockrum
Pelican Bay Head Guard
John Meier
(I)
Rains, Cop shot in ER
Norman Howell
Kellen, Burnt Cop
John Rottger
Trimble, Burnt Cop
Donna Keegan
Donna, Burning Nurse
Michael Shamus Wiles
Tough Inmate
Scott Colomby
Patrol Cop
Steven Schub
SWAT in Airduct
Neal Matarazzo
Cell Guard