Operation Heartbeat

Name: Operation Heartbeat
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1969
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 8

1969 · 98 min

Drama · TV Movie

★ 8.0

not streaming

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.

Crew

Director Boris Sagal
Writer Al C. Ward
Director of Photography Joseph LaShelle

Cast

Richard Bradford
Dr. Joseph Gannon
Edward G. Robinson
Dr. Lee Forestman
James Daly
Dr. Paul Lochner
Kim Stanley
Joanna Hanson
Maurice Evans
Dr. Easler
Kevin McCarthy
Clifford Coswell
J.D. Cannon
Thomas Jarris
William Windom
Raymond Hanson
Shelley Fabares
'Mike' Carter
James Shigeta
Chief Resident
William Marshall
Dr. Harold Tawn
Audrey Totter
Eve Wilcox

Crew

Director — Boris Sagal
Writer — Al C. Ward
Director of Photography — Joseph LaShelle

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