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The Heart Surgeon

Year:

1999

Duration:

150 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Audrey Cooke

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1999-02-03

Filming Locations: London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Kate Alderton

Nigel Havers

Dr. Alex Marsden

Orla Brady

Marcella Duggan

Lorcan Cranitch

Larry Duggan

John Castle

Charlie Hawkesmore

Claire Yarlett

Sarah

Michael Troughton

Bill Lester

Sam Dastor

V. J. Krishna

Alexandra Gilbreath

Rachel Ryan

David Ashton

Gavin Cranmere

Mark Addy

Phil Mycroft

Toby Salaman

Coronor

Gillian Hanna

Margot

Gabrielle Glaister

Paula Shears

Roger Morlidge

Maggot

Sylvester Salmon

Joshua Unussu

Pauline Monro

Hilda

Nicholas Hutchison

Profusionist

Joy Harrison

Anaesthetist

Poppy Smith

Ward Nurse

Dennis Banks

Theatre Porter

James Barriscale

Scrub Nurse

Andrew Hallett

Runner

Adrian Bower

ICU Nurse

Margaret John

Mrs. Hughes

Melanie Claus

Cheerful Nurse (uncredited)

Leonie Dodd

Hotel Chambermaid (uncredited)

Dawn Hope

Julie Fielding (uncredited)

Philomena Matheson

Anaesthetic Nurse (uncredited)

Frank Stirling

Accident & Emergency Consultant (uncredited)

Daniel G. Tomlinson

Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Orla Brady was very nervous about the nudity in Marcella's big love scene with Alex (Nigel Havers). To minimize the delay, director Audrey Cooke broke the ice by demonstrating how the scene would look. Cooke said afterwards that the crew, mostly male, did not know where to look when she undressed ("You should have seen their faces") and developed a sudden and deep interest in the wall behind them. The tactic worked and the scene was shot. "After seeing me topless," Cooke quipped, "she reckoned nothing could be worse than that." She says that she'd never done this before and "certainly won't be doing it again."