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Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 30, 1998

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

User Score

59%

Original Title

Desperate Measures

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment, Mandalay Pictures

Director

Barbet Schroeder

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$13,800,000

Description

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.