The Heart Surgeon (1997) (TV)

Director:

Audrey Cooke

Writer:

John Collee (written by)

Release Date:

3 February 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to operate on her husband Larry...

Cast

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

Runtime:

150 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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."