Alan Rickman
Dr. Alfred Blalock
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Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas (1910–1985) and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), the "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery.
May 30, 2004 · Something the Lord Made: Directed by Joseph Sargent. With Cliff McMullen, Yasiin Bey, Luray Cooper, Alan Rickman. A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
- (15K)
- Biography, Drama
- Joseph Sargent
- 2004-05-30
Apr 11, 2021 · Movie based on true story Something the Lord Made. Alfred Blalock (1899-1964), a cardiologist (therefore, self-confident to the point of arrogance), leaves Vanderbilt for Johns Hopkins...
- 112 min
- 1.1M
- Vintage & Iconic African American Everything
Fact-based story of a white surgeon and a black lab technician who revolutionized heart surgery amidst the racial injustice of the 1940s. 4,246 IMDb 8.1 1 h 49 min 2004. X-Ray 16+. Drama · Intense · Sentimental · Touching. Free trial of Max, rent, or buy.
- 109 min
Although Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), a black man in the 1930s, is originally hired as a janitor, he proves himself adept at assisting the "Blue Baby doctor," Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman),...
- (9K)
- Joseph Sargent
- TVPG
- Alan Rickman
A TV movie about the partnership between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, who invented bypass surgery for blue babies. The title refers to Blalock's praise of Thomas' surgical skill as "something the Lord made".
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Watch a fact-based drama about a white surgeon and a black lab technician who revolutionized heart surgery in the 1940s. Starring Alan Rickman, Mos Def, and Mary Stuart Masterson, directed by Joseph Sargent.
