
Open Heart
Drama · TV Movie
Overview
Things appear to be looking up for a cash-strapped, regional hospital when it hires a reputedly brilliant cardiac surgeon to head up its pediatric cardiac surgery unit. But when increasing numbers of children begin dying on the operating table, the unit's top O.R. nurse begins to suspect that the new surgeon is not as experienced as everyone has been lead to believe. She finds herself alone, faced with jeopardizing the career she loves by taking on the powers that be and blowing the whistle on the influential surgeon and the harrowing goings-on at the hospital.
Top Cast


Megan Follows
Megan Follows
Sherry Cardinal
Megan Follows
Sherry Cardinal


Raoul Bhaneja
Raoul Bhaneja
Alan Kenning
Raoul Bhaneja
Alan Kenning


Kim Roberts
Kim Roberts
Lynn Riddick
Kim Roberts
Lynn Riddick
Nicole Maillet
Nicole Maillet
Katie Cardinal
Nicole Maillet
Katie Cardinal
Roxanne Jean
Roxanne Jean
Lise Beauchamps
Roxanne Jean
Lise Beauchamps


Russell Yuen
Russell Yuen
Peter Lee
Russell Yuen
Peter Lee


Vincent Walsh
Vincent Walsh
Mark Gover
Vincent Walsh
Mark Gover


Karl Pruner
Karl Pruner
Dale Wyman
Karl Pruner
Dale Wyman
Joseph Ziegler
Joseph Ziegler
Gunther Bericht
Joseph Ziegler
Gunther Bericht
Athena Lamarre
Athena Lamarre
Tanya Mallory
Athena Lamarre
Tanya Mallory
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