Extreme Measures (1996)

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Not all surgery is intended to cure.

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.

• Released: 1996-09-27
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 58m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.0/10 from 364 votes

Directed by Michael Apted.

Top cast

• Hugh Grant as Dr. Guy Luthan
• Gene Hackman as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
• Sarah Jessica Parker as Jodie Trammel
• David Morse as Frank Hare
• Bill Nunn as Burke
• Paul Guilfoyle as Dr. Jeffrey Manko
• Debra Monk as Dr. Judith Gruszynski
• John Toles-Bey as Bobby
• Peter Appel as Det. Stone
• Shaun Austin-Olsen as Claude Minkins

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Extreme Measures

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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