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Contagious (film)
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Wikipedia article
'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 Pea) 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 Pea 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
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