Celebrated heart surgeon Thomas Vrain supports the research of an offbeat scientist who has invented an artificial heart. Against the advice of the Ethics Committee, Dr. Vrain decides to perform the first artificial heart transplant.
Donald Sutherland
as Dr. Thomas Vrain
John Marley
as Edgar Fine
Sharon Acker
as Tilla Vrain
Mare Winningham
as Carol Severance
Jeff Goldblum
as Dr. Aldo Gehring
Michael Lerner
as Henry De Vici
Richard Blackburn
as Dr. Cutter
Michael C. Gwynne
as Jay Wingate
Robert Joy
as David Art
Allan F. Nicholls
as Dr. Basil Rents
Kate Trotter
as Mrs. Anderson
Lally Cadeau
as Anita, Vrain's Secretary
