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State of Emergency

State of Emergency

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

19944.01h 30mR

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.

Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by Lance Gentile, Susan Black
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Top Cast

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

Dr John Novelli

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Dehlia Johnson

Melinda Dillon

Melinda Dillon

Betty Anderson

Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

Jim Anderson

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

Richard Beymer

Richard Beymer

Dr. Ronald Frames

Robert Beltran

Robert Beltran

Raoul Hernandez

Dean Cameron

Dean Cameron

Roger

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger

Sue Payton

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor

Trevor Jacobs

Themes & Keywords

health care reform hospitalemergency surgeryemergency roomwoman directormedical drama

About State of Emergency

State of Emergency is a drama, thriller, tv movie film released in 1994 exploring themes of health care reform , hospital, emergency surgery, emergency room, woman director, medical drama. Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, it stars Joe Mantegna, Lynn Whitfield, Melinda Dillon. 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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