State of Emergency

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State of Emergency

"Under-financed, under-staffed, and under pressure..."

1994

1h 30m

5.7(3 votes)

Drama

Thriller

TV Movie

Overview

Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Joe Mantegna

Dr John Novelli

Lynn Whitfield

Dehlia Johnson

Melinda Dillon

Betty Anderson

Paul Dooley

Jim Anderson

Jay O. Sanders

Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

Richard Beymer

Dr. Ronald Frames

Robert Beltran

Raoul Hernandez

Dean Cameron

Roger

Deborah Kara Unger

Sue Payton

Paul Ben-Victor

Trevor Jacobs

Creative team

Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by: Lance Gentile
Susan Black

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