Contagious (film)

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