Wouldn't it be fun to do it one more time?

Description: A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Cast:
Lodel Williams: Cliff McMullen
Vivien Thomas: Yasiin Bey
Charles Manlove: Luray Cooper
Dr. Alfred Blalock: Alan Rickman
Clara Thomas: Gabrielle Union
Francis Grebel: Irene Ziegler
William Thomas: Charles S. Dutton
Harold Thomas: Clayton LeBouef
Man at Bank: John Emmanuel
Man #1: Harold J. Abell Sr.
Bank Officer: Michael E. Russell
Mary Thomas: Henri Edmonds
Young Theodosia Thomas: Cora Shay Buck
Young Olga Thomas: Zoe Buck
Mary Blalock: Kyra Sedgwick
Dr. Walter Dandy: John Leslie Wolfe
General John Cunningham: David Bailey
William Blalock: Matthew Welborn
Mary Elizabeth Blalock: Mackenzie Jo Pardi
Doctor at Party: Michael Ahl
Dr. Helen Taussig: Mary Stuart Masterson
Dr. William Longmire: Bolton Marsh
Dr. Cooley: Timothy J. Scanlin Jr.
Dr. Kelven: Jonathan Watkins
Security Guard: Tom Townsend
May: Linda Williams
Dr. Hecker: Wil Love
Baby Saxon: Kera Gaigler
Dean Hamilton: Douglas Watson
Mrs. Saxon: Merritt Wever
Dr. Ford: Al Brown
Landlord: Michael Eastering
Janitor: Robert F. Chew
Payroll Clerk: Elisabeth Noone
Mr. Saxon: Doug Olear
Father Aucott: Marty Lodge
Dr. Swedlin: Sean MacLaughlin
Dr. Harmel: Dave Trovato
Nurse Charlotte Mitchell: Carolyn Nelson
Nurse at Paging Station: Rahaleh Nassri
Hecker's Crony: Alan Sader
Dr. Petrovsky: Allan Kulakow
Dr. Craford: Ralph Cosham
Karsh: Nat Benchley
Morgan State Admissions Officer: Antonio D. Charity
Dr. Johnson: Michael Mack
Resident #1: Sean Pratt
Resident #2: Matthew Russell
Vivien's Secretary: Brigid Cleary
Janitor Lowering Flag: Joseph Petty
Adult Olga Thomas: Sheila Edmondson
Adult Theodocia Thomas: Carlyncia S. Peck
Day Laborer: Stan Stewart
Street Teen: Brian Eric Alexander
Johns Hopkins Med. School Teaching Physician: Tex Allen
Nurse: Drea Berg
Resident Doctor: Schuster Vance
Guest at Reception: Carolyn Rawleigh
Dist. Party Guest: Robert Neal Marshall
Medical Intern: Kevin Tan
Bellhop: Chris Boykin
Dishwasher: R. Emery Bright
Lt. Comm. Andrews: Patrick Brown
Business Man: Rick Burk
Concerned Mother in Waiting Room: Dava Casoni
College Student: Tray Chaney
Doctor: Thomas W. Stewart
Bank Customer: Cantrell Harris
1943 Doctor: Clary Davison
Patient: Larry Derr
Nosey Neighbor: Robin Dorsey
Staff Doctor 1940's: Brian Dragonuk
Military Wife: Devorah Firestone
Doctor's Wife: Connie Lamothe
Mrs. Ford: Lynn-Jane Foreman
Student Doctor: Alan Gates
Student: Duke Greenhill
Johns Hopkins Hospital Resident: Thomas C. Hessenauer
Neighborhood Kid: Jasmyn Proctor
Bank Cop: Michael Angelo Hodge
Hopscotch Kid: Heaven Leigh Horton
General's Wife: Katherine Hoskins Mackey
Dr. Chadwick: James A. Howard
Bus Boy: Dominic Jackson
Housekeeper: Yolanda Jenkins
Self: Malcolm X
House Worker #1: James Jones
Luncheon Cashier: Z.M. Nan Khan
Navy Admiral: Kirk Lambert
Intern: Jim Nieb
Orderly: Joe Peck
Party Singer: Vito Pietanza
Cafeteria Lady: Reina Poindexter
3rd Resident: Tyrone Requer
1971 Doctor: Andrew Schneider
1943 Nurse: Anastasia Summers
Carpenter: LeRoy Taylor
Mother: Towanda Underdue
Military Officer: Don Whatley

Written by: Peter Silverman, Robert Caswell

Director: Joseph Sargent

Production: Nina Saxon Film Design, HBO Films

Release date: 30 May 2004