Extreme Measures

Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts making unwanted enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. The trail leads Luthan to the door of the eminent surgeon Dr Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself under in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.

Director: Michael Apted

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Cast: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Bill Nunn, Paul Guilfoyle, Debra Monk, John Toles-Bey, Peter Appel, Shaun Austin-Olsen

• Release date: 1996-09-27
• Runtime: 118
• Country: United States of America
• Budget: $38,000,000