Threshold (1981)
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.
Director: Richard Pearce
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Donald Sutherland as Dr. Thomas Vrain |
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John Marley as Edgar Fine |
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Sharon Acker as Tilla Vrain |
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Mare Winningham as Carol Severance |
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Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Aldo Gehring |
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Michael Lerner as Henry De Vici |
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Richard Blackburn as Dr. Cutter |
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Michael C. Gwynne as Jay Wingate |
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Robert Joy as David Art |
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Allan F. Nicholls as Dr. Basil Rents |
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Kate Trotter as Mrs. Anderson |
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Lally Cadeau as Anita, Vrain's Secretary |
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Stuart Gillard as Dick Getts |
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Barbara Gordon as Wanda, Vrain's Scrub Nurse |
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Samantha Langevin as Mrs. Clure |
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Jessica Steen as Tracy Vrain |
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Casey Stevens as Larry Hammond |
| Production | Michael Burns | Producer |
| Production | Robert Sax | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jon Slan | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharon Purdy | Costume Design |
| Sound | Tony Currie | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sharon Lackie | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Nyznik | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Gordon J. Smith | Special Effects |
| Directing | Richard Pearce | Director |
| Writing | James Salter | Writer |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Camera | Michel Brault | Director of Photography |
| Art | Anne Pritchard | Production Design |
| Editing | Bill Yahraus | Editor |
| Editing | Susan Martin | Editor |
| Sound | Micky Erbe | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Maribeth Solomon | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Paul Coombe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jack Heeren | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Bryan Day | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Allen Ormerod | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |