Threshold

Threshold

5.3IMDb Score
Released:1981-09-19
Duration:97 min
Country:Canada
Director:Richard Pearce
Actors:Donald Sutherland, John Marley, Sharon Acker, Mare Winningham, Jeff Goldblum
Production:Paragon Motion Pictures, Canada Permanent Trust Company

Overview:

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.

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