The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2002
John Q
Directed by
Nick Cassavetes
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
The story
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Cast
Denzel WashingtonJohn Quincy Archibald
James WoodsDr. Raymond Turner
Kimberly EliseDenise Archibald
Robert DuvallLt. Frank Grimes
Shawn HatosyMitch Quigley
Eddie GriffinLester Matthews
Kevin ConnollySteve Maguire
Ethan SupleeGuard Max Conlin
Ray LiottaChief Gus Monroe
Anne HecheRebecca Payne
Laura HarringGina Palumbo
Heather WahlquistJulie Bird
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Daniel E. SmithMike Archibald
David ThorntonJimmy Palumbo
Paul JohanssonTuck Lampley
Obba BabatundéSgt. Moody
Troy ByerMiriam Smith
Troy WinbushSteve Smith
Martha ChavesRosa Gonzales
Gabriela OlteanBeautiful BMW Driver
Ron AnnabelleTow Truck Driver
Barry G. KingEmployee Manager
Larissa LaskinDr. Ellen Klein
Vanessa BranchRegistered Nurse
Stephanie MooreAdmitting Nurse
James FinnertyNurse Reggie
Michael JayeInsurance Rep
Yanna McIntoshState Employee
Linda MassadSocial Services Rep
Lester MathewsHuman Services Rep
Noam JenkinsMedicaid Official
Allegra FultonSick Girl's Mother
Darrin BrownTV Buyer
Shera DaneseWife of Heart Transplant Patient
Kirsta TeagueDr. Turner's Assistant
Rick SoodPanicked E.R. Doctor
Scott BloomDesk Guard
Dina Spybey-WatersDebby Utley
Carlos DiazParamedic #1
Joe DuerParamedic #2
Simon SinnFong
Jeff DouglasComputer Cop
Keram Malicki-SánchezFreddy B.
Philip WilliamsWally Pitoniak
Nigel Shawn WilliamsNews Anchor
Frank CassavetesSniper
Colin EvansVideographer
Angelo TsarouchasBarricade Cop
Marcia JohnsonMedical Transplant #1
Vijay MehtaMedical Transplant #2
Andrew SchaffU.N.O.S. Official
Malcolm NefskyNick
Jay LenoJay Leno
Gloria AllredGloria Allred
Larry KingLarry King
Arianna HuffingtonArianna Huffington
Ted DemmeTed Demme
NasNas
Bill MaherBill Maher
Claire RankinPublic Defender
Philip CraigJudge K. Ploucha
Gerry QuigleyJury Foreman
Jane LukO.R. Nurse (uncredited)
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