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Based on the provocative best-selling novel, a brilliant scientist finds the hidden link that can save countless lives, but when a crazed killer uses the same information to play God, millions are at risk. Dr. Jennifer Kessler is the one... See more »

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Dr. Jennifer Kessler
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Philip Montgomery
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Det. Michael Curran
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Dr. Alvin Hayes
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Carol Donner
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Helen Brennquist
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Dr. Ralph Wannamaker
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Dr. Danforth
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Claudia
Suzanne Barnes ...
Holly Boncher
Jerome Butler ...
EMT
William 'Bus' Riley ...
Plainclothesman (as Bus Riley)
Jeff Olson ...
Cedric Harring
Amanda Bruce ...
Mrs. Harring
Michael Robert Berger ...
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Janitor
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Gangster (uncredited)
Monica Delgado ...
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Defibrillator Technician (uncredited)

Directed by

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Larry Shaw

Written by

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Robin Cook ... (novel)
 
Rob Gilmer ... (teleplay) and
Roger Young ... (teleplay)

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Ted Babcock ... associate producer
Barbara Black ... co-producer
Robert M. Sertner ... executive producer
Randy Sutter ... producer
Frank von Zerneck ... executive producer

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Garry Schyman

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William Wages ... director of photography

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Russell Denove

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Steve New ... negative cutter (as Steven New)
James G. White ... assistant editor

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Susan Glicksman
Fern Orenstein

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Seven L. Nielsen ... (as Seven Nielsen)

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Barbara Ward

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Judith Brewer Curtis

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Gina Homan ... makeup artist
Ryan McCormick ... makeup artist
Tena Parker ... hair stylist (as Tena Parker-Liddiard)

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Barbara Black ... unit manager

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Steve Love ... first assistant director
Kim H. Winther ... second assistant director

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Dick Kyker ... property master

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Richard I. Birnbaum ... sound mixer
Rich Harrison ... sound effects

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Richard C. Welch ... special effects

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Fenton Quinn ... stunt coordinator
James Woodson ... utility stunts (uncredited)

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Dan Cornwall ... best boy electric
Shawn Ensign ... best boy grip
Tully McCulloch ... gaffer (as J.M. 'Tully' McCulloch)
Geno Salvatori ... camera operator: "b" camera
Alvin Simmons ... key grip
Lisa Bonaccorso ... electrician (uncredited)
Walter Byrnes ... grip (uncredited)
Allen Dial ... electrician (uncredited)
Jerry Mundy ... electrician (uncredited)

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Shauna Silver ... costume supervisor

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Carole Fontana ... location manager

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Susan Mick ... music editor

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Mary Jo Manwill-Conder ... script supervisor (as Mary J. Conder)

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Mike Johnson ... transportation coordinator

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Terry Chupak ... production coordinator
Thornton G. Stone ... assistant: Mr. Shaw
Kevin J. Donnelly ... assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Erin Empey-Baxter ... assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Michael Paul King ... production assistant (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Based on the provocative best-selling novel, a brilliant scientist finds the hidden link that can save countless lives, but when a crazed killer uses the same information to play God, millions are at risk. Dr. Jennifer Kessler is the one person who stands in the way of ultimate medical disaster. After witnessing one, then dozens of patients at her hospital mysteriously and unexpectedly die, her search for the truth leads her through a bizarre world of intrigue, passion, and controversial secret medical research. As Dr. Kessler races against the clock to find a way to stop the catastrophe, she finds herself up against an imposing and terrifying conspiracy implicating the entire U.S. insurance and medical system in the process.

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Also Known As
  • Robin Cook's 'Mortal Fear' (United States)
  • Phase terminale (France)
  • Attente mortelle (France)
  • Die Ärztin und der Mörder (Germany)
  • Pánico en el hospital (Spain)
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  • 86 min
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