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Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV)
  • Caption: Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV)
  • Description: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964), a cardiologist (therefore, self-confident to the point of arrogance), leaves Vanderbilt for Johns Hopkins taking with him his lab technician, Vivien Thomas (1910-1985). Thomas, an African-American without a college degree, is a gifted mechanic and tool-maker with hands splendidly adept at surgery. In 1941, Blalock and Thomas take on the challenge of blue babies and invent bypass surgery. After trials on dogs, their first patient is baby Eileen, sure to die without the surgery. In defiance of custom and Jim Crow, Blalock brings Thomas into the surgery to advise him, but when Life Magazine and kudos come, Thomas is excluded. Will he receive his due?

    Directed by
    Joseph Sargent

    Writing credits
    (WGA)
    Peter Silverman (written by) and
    Robert Caswell (written by)



    Cast (in credits order)

    Alan Rickman ... Dr. Alfred Blalock

    Mos Def ... Vivien Thomas

    Kyra Sedgwick ... Mary Blalock

    Gabrielle Union ... Clara Thomas
    Merritt Wever ... Mrs. Saxon

    Clayton LeBouef ... Harold Thomas

    Charles S. Dutton ... William Thomas (as Charles Dutton)

    Mary Stuart Masterson ... Dr. Helen Taussig
    Cliff McMullen ... Lodel Williams
    Luray Cooper ... Charles Manlove

    Irene Ziegler ... Frances Grebel
    John Emmanuel ... Man at park
    Harold J. Abell Sr. ... Man #1
    Michael E. Russell ... Bank officer
    Henri Edmonds ... Mary Thomas
    Cora Shay Buck
    Zoe Buck ... Young Olga Thomas
    John Leslie Wolfe ... Dr. Walter Dandy
    David Bailey ... The General
    Matthew Welborn

    Mackenzie Jo Pardi ... Mary Elizabeth Blalock

    Tel Monks ... Dr. Dorsey

    Bolton Marsh ... Dr. William P. Longmire Jr.

    Timothy J. Scanlin Jr. ... Dr. Denton Cooley (as Timothy Scanlin)

    Jonathan Watkins ... Dr. Kelvin

    Jeffrey Coleman ... Security Guard
    Linda Williams ... May
    Wil Love ... Dr. Hecker
    Brooke Gaigler ... Eileen Saxon

    Patrick Brown ... Lt. Comm. Andrews
    Kera Gaigler ... Eileen Saxon
    Douglas Watson ... Dean Hamilton

    Al Brown ... Dr. Ford (as Alan L. Brown)
    Michael Eastering
    Robert F. Chew ... Janitor

    Elisabeth Noone ... Payroll clerk

    Doug Olear ... Michael Saxon
    Marty Lodge ... Father Aucott
    Sean MacLaughlin ... Dr. Swedlin
    Dave Trovato ... Dr. Harmel
    Carolyn Nelson

    Rahaleh Nassri ... Paging Nurse
    Alan Sader ... Hecker's crony

    Ralph Cosham
    Nat Benchley ... Karsh

    Antonio D. Charity ... Admissions Officer
    Michael Mack

    Sean Pratt ... Resident #1
    Matthew Russell ... Resident #2 (as Matt Russell)
    Brigid Cleary ... Vivien's secretary
    Joseph Petty

    Sheila Edmondson ... Adult Olga Thomas
    Carlyncia S. Peck ... Adult Theodocia Thomas (as Carlyncia Peck)
    rest of cast listed alphabetically:
    Cantrell Harris ... Bank Customer
    Allan Kulakow ... Dr. Petrovsky

    Kirk Lambert ... Navy Admiral
    Jim Page ... Resident Doctor
    Joe Peck ... Orderly

    Kevin Tan ... Medical Intern

    Michael Ahl ... Doctor at party (uncredited)

    James E. Ash ... Resident doctor (uncredited)

    Briana Lynn Banks ... Guest at Reception (uncredited)
    Patricia Talmadge Berry ... Dist. Party Guest (uncredited)
    Ian Bonds ... Medical Intern (uncredited)
    Chris Boykin ... Bellhop (uncredited)

    R. Emery Bright ... Dishwasher (uncredited)
    Dava Casoni ... Concerned Mother in Waiting Room (uncredited)
    Tray Chaney ... College Student (uncredited)
    Paul M. Clary ... 1943 Doctor (uncredited)

    Brian Dragonuk ... Staff Doctor 1940's (uncredited)

    Pamela Fischer ... Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

    Lynn-Jane Foreman ... Mrs. Ford (uncredited)

    Dan Franko ... Resident doctor (uncredited)

    Alan Gates ... Student doctor (uncredited)
    Thomas M. Hagen ... Doctor (uncredited)
    Justin Hinnant ... Neighborhood Kid (uncredited)
    Yolanda Jenkins ... Housekeeper (uncredited)
    Lyndon Johnson ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

    John F. Kennedy ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Z.M. Nan Khan ... Luncheon cashier (uncredited)

    Martin Luther King ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Connie Lamothe ... Doctor's Wife (uncredited)

    Dave Lankford ... Resident Doctor (uncredited)
    James Lewis ... Medical Intern (uncredited)

    Robert Neal Marshall ... Dist. Party Guest (uncredited)
    Kerry Meushaw ... Doctor (uncredited)

    Jim Nieb ... Intern (uncredited)
    Reina Poindexter ... Cafeteria lady (uncredited)
    Jasmyn Proctor ... Neighborhood kid (uncredited)
    Carolyn Rawleigh ... Guest at Reception (uncredited)
    Andrew Schneider ... 1971 Doctor (uncredited)

    Thomas W. Stewart ... Doctor (uncredited)
    Anastasia Summers ... 1943 Nurse (uncredited)
    LeRoy Taylor ... Carpenter (uncredited)

    Tom Townsend ... Security Guard (uncredited)
    Lesli Stockwell Turner ... Military Wife (uncredited)

    Schuster Vance ... Resident Doctor (uncredited)

    Don Whatley ... Military Officer (uncredited)
    Malcolm X ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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  • Movie: Something the Lord Made
  • Id: 10959658
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