Operation Heartbeat(1969)

A surgeon on trial for murder: accused of taking one life...to save another.

NR

1h 38m

  • Drama,
  • TV Movie

Overview

Lawsuits fly when a widow believes a gifted surgeon allowed her husband to die so his heart could be transplanted into the doctor's ailing mentor and friend. Operation Heartbeat was the pilot movie for the TV series Medical Center.

Cast

  • Richard Bradford

    Richard Bradford

    Dr. Joseph Gannon

  • Edward G. Robinson

    Edward G. Robinson

    Dr. Lee Forestman

  • James Daly

    James Daly

    Dr. Paul Lochner

  • Kim Stanley

    Kim Stanley

    Joanna Hanson

  • Maurice Evans

    Maurice Evans

    Dr. Easler

  • Kevin McCarthy

    Kevin McCarthy

    Clifford Coswell

  • J.D. Cannon

    J.D. Cannon

    Thomas Jarris

  • William Windom

    William Windom

    Raymond Hanson

  • Shelley Fabares

    Shelley Fabares

    'Mike' Carter

  • James Shigeta

    James Shigeta

    Chief Resident

  • William Marshall

    William Marshall

    Dr. Harold Tawn

  • Audrey Totter

    Audrey Totter

    Eve Wilcox

  • Angela Cartwright

    Angela Cartwright

    Angela

  • Alfred Ryder

    Alfred Ryder

    Dr. George Corlane

  • Robert Emhardt

    Robert Emhardt

    Judge

  • Michael Evans

    Michael Evans

    Dr. Dave Falconer

  • Jason Wingreen

    Jason Wingreen

    Technician

  • Tim O'Kelly

    Tim O'Kelly

    Johnson

  • Herb Armstrong

    Herb Armstrong

    Anaesthesiologist

  • Marianne Gordon

    Marianne Gordon

    Sylvia Barr

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    Status

    Released (Apr 17, 1969)