Contagious (film)

Contagious
Genre	Thriller
Written by	Sandy Kroopf
Directed by	Joe Napolitano
Starring	Lindsay Wagner Elizabeth Peña
Music by	Stephen Graziano
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English language
Production
Producer	Mary Eilts
Production location	Vancouver
Cinematography	Andreas Poulsson
Editor	Tim Tommasino
Running time	103 minutes
Original release
Release	January 22, 1997 (1997-01-22)

Contagious is a 1997 American television film directed by Joe Napolitano and starring Lindsay Wagner as a doctor trying to prevent a cholera epidemic following an outbreak.

Plot

A plane where shrimp tainted with cholera was served, arrives from South America to Los Angeles. Soon after, the first patient dies from the disease. Because this person was a cocaine dealer, there is some suspicion that the drug is somehow related to the disease. Therefore, a narcotics detective (Elizabeth Peña) is put on the case, while in the hospital an experienced doctor (Lindsay Wagner) tries to prevent the outbreak from turning into an epidemic.

Cast

• Lindsay Wagner as Dr. Hannah Cole
• Elizabeth Peña as Detective Luisa Rojas
• Ken Pogue as George Ryburn
• Brendan Fletcher as Brian
• Tom Wopat as Sam
• Alexandra Purvis as Julie
• Matt Hill as Carl Freedman
• Gerard Plunkett as Sklar
• Jon Cuthbert as Vic
• Bill Croft as Gerard
• Jed Rees as Doug Lamoreaux
• Karen Elizabeth Austin as Norma Meyers
• P. Lynn Johnson as Jamie West
• David Lovgren as Tom Carlen

External links

• Contagious at IMDb
• Contagious on Youtube