A breakthrough that changed the face of medicine. A unique partnership that broke the rules.
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Alan RickmanDr. Alfred Blalock
- Yasiin BeyVivien Thomas
- Kyra SedgwickMary Blalock
- Gabrielle UnionClara Thomas
- Merritt WeverMrs. Saxon
- Charles S. DuttonWilliam Thomas
- Mary Stuart MastersonDr. Helen Taussig
- Irene ZieglerFrancis Grebel
- Luray CooperCharles Manlove
- Cliff McMullenLodel Williams
Crew
- Joseph SargentDirector
- Peter SilvermanWriter
- Robert CaswellWriter
- Donald M. MorganDirector of Photography
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Michael BrownEditor
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