Desperate Measures
1998 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 18,474 VOTES · DIR. Barbet Schroeder
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 863 lines
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00:01:18 Hold on!
00:07:33 He will die without a bone marrow transplant.
00:09:50 Really?
00:12:20 That's not acceptable.
00:15:03 The cancer's back, isn't it?
00:17:41 Dad, he's going to do it!
00:20:10 This is Sarah Davis, Governor Walker's assistant press secretary.
00:25:06 It was made into a prison ward 10 years ago when the new hospital was built.
00:31:42 Your competence, especially, is...
00:38:34 Looks like he's gone into the ER.
00:41:30 Look at me. Stay cool.
00:43:54 We had him. Connor let him get away.
00:46:42 Look, I just need your doc for a minute, and I'll send her right back.
00:50:34 He's got two tanks of cyclopropane, one tank of liquid nitrogen.
00:53:25 They went out here, too. It's kind of scary, huh?
00:58:16 and I might add, publicly responsible.
01:02:06 He's on the roof.
01:05:18 It told you before. Don't try and get inside my head.
01:07:44 We've been a team since the day I met you.
01:11:49 Give me your gun.
01:14:45 Your old man doesn't think so.
01:21:29 Let me have that l.D. I need to use your radio.
01:27:53 Connor! Don't shoot yet!
01:32:43 What kind of car do you have?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed863
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:01:18
Final line01:32:43
Production Record
DirectorBarbet Schroeder
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000,000
Revenue$13,800,000
IMDb votes18,474