Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
- friendship
- mentor
- biography
- man of one's dreams
- based on true story
- hospital
- cardiologist
- inspiring story
- surgery
- racial prejudice
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Alan Rickman
Dr. Alfred Blalock
Yasiin Bey
Vivien Thomas
Kyra Sedgwick
Mary Blalock
Gabrielle Union
Clara Thomas
- Merritt Wever — Mrs. Saxon
- Charles S. Dutton — William Thomas
- Mary Stuart Masterson — Dr. Helen Taussig
- Irene Ziegler — Francis Grebel
- Luray Cooper — Charles Manlove
- Cliff McMullen — Lodel Williams
- Clayton LeBouef — Harold Thomas
- James Lewis — Medical Intern
- Directed
- Joseph Sargent
- Written
- Robert Caswell, Peter Silverman
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 319 ratings
- Studio
- Nina Saxon Film Design, HBO Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
