John Q
Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.
Director 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.
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Cast
Kimberly Elise
Denise Archibald
Ethan Suplee
Guard Max Conlin
Paul Johansson
Tuck Lampley
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Robert Duvall
Lt. Frank Grimes
Martha Chaves
Rosa Gonzales
Scott Bloom
Desk Guard
Laura Harring
Gina Palumbo
David Thornton
Jimmy Palumbo
Philip Williams
Wally Pitoniak
Vanessa Branch
Registered Nurse
Larry King
Larry King
Ted Demme
Ted Demme
Vijay Mehta
Medical Transplant #2
Gerry Quigley
Jury Foreman
Stephanie Moore
Admitting Nurse
Frank Cassavetes
Sniper
Eddie Griffin
Lester Matthews
Obba Babatundé
Sgt. Moody
Carlos Diaz
Paramedic #1
Angelo Tsarouchas
Barricade Cop
Gloria Allred
Gloria Allred
Anne Heche
Rebecca Payne
Allegra Fulton
Sick Girl's Mother
Keram Malicki-Sánchez
Freddy B.
Andrew Schaff
U.N.O.S. Official
Yanna McIntosh
State Employee
Shera Danese
Wife of Heart Transplant Patient
Denzel Washington
John Quincy Archibald
Kevin Connolly
Steve Maguire
Ray Liotta
Chief Gus Monroe
Noam Jenkins
Medicaid Official
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
Heather Wahlquist
Julie Bird
Daniel E. Smith
Mike Archibald
Nas
Nas
Simon Sinn
Fong
Dina Spybey-Waters
Debby Utley
Nigel Shawn Williams
News Anchor
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
Jane Luk
O.R. Nurse (uncredited)
James Woods
Dr. Raymond Turner
Philip Craig
Judge K. Ploucha
Shawn Hatosy
Mitch Quigley
Troy Winbush
Steve Smith
Larissa Laskin
Dr. Ellen Klein
Claire Rankin
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