Contagious (film)

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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