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Carriers

Carriers

19984.21h 45m

Overview

A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly virus.

Directed by Alan Metzer
Written by Joyce Heft Brotman, Patrick Lynch
Produced by David C. Thomas, Susan Zachary
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Top Cast

Judith Light

Judith Light

Maj. Carmen Travis

Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed

Holly Parker

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Colonel John O. Bailey

Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn

Capt. David Arends

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Martha Collin

Nicholas Pryor

Nicholas Pryor

Frank Sanborn

J. Tucker Smith

J. Tucker Smith

Tom Travis

Michael Burgess

Michael Burgess

Arthur Fields

M

Maggie Fleming

Boston Night Nurse

Themes & Keywords

epidemic

About Carriers

Carriers is a thriller, tv movie film released in 1998 exploring themes of epidemic. Directed by Alan Metzer, it stars Judith Light, Pamela Reed, Philip Bosco. A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly virus.

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