Bringing Out the Dead

Oct 22, 1999

2h 1m

★ 6.6

Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.

Overview

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Scott Rudin Productions

Touchstone Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Cappa/De Fina Productions

Bringing Out the Dead Trailers

Cast

Frank Pierce

Nicolas Cage

Mary Burke

Patricia Arquette

Larry Verber

John Goodman

Marcus

Ving Rhames

Tom Wolls

Tom Sizemore

Noel

Marc Anthony

Nurse Constance

Mary Beth Hurt

Cy Coates

Cliff Curtis

Nurse Crupp

Aida Turturro

Dr. Hazmat

Nestor Serrano

Rose

Cynthia Roman

Kanita

Sonja Sohn

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