Movie: Partners of the Heart

Top 6 Billed Cast

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice)

Alfred Blalock
Alfred Blalock

Self

Vivien Thomas
Vivien Thomas

Self

Christopher Haley
Christopher Haley

Vivien Thomas

Beau James
Beau James

Alfred Blalock

Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance

Vivien Thomas (voice)

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  • Overview

    Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and changed the course of cardiac surgery.

  • Release Date

    2002-06-01

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    A black genius. A white surgeon. A blue baby. And a miracle.

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