Operation Heartbeat

Operation Heartbeat

Drama, TV Movie | April 17, 1969

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.

Operation Heartbeat

Drama, TV Movie | April 17, 1969

Operation Heartbeat
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.
Producers MGM Television
Original title Operation Heartbeat
Directors Boris Sagal
Writers Al C. Ward

Cast

Richard Bradford

as Dr. Joseph Gannon

Edward G. Robinson

as Dr. Lee Forestman

James Daly

as Dr. Paul Lochner

Kim Stanley

as Joanna Hanson

Maurice Evans

as Dr. Easler

Kevin McCarthy

as Clifford Coswell

J.D. Cannon

as Thomas Jarris

William Windom

as Raymond Hanson

Don Quine

as Tim Martin

Shelley Fabares

as 'Mike' Carter

James Shigeta

as Chief Resident

William Marshall

as Dr. Harold Tawn

Audrey Totter

as Eve Wilcox

Alfred Ryder

as Dr. George Corlane

Robert Emhardt

as Judge

Angela Cartwright

as Angela

Michael Evans

as Dr. Dave Falconer

Jason Wingreen

as Technician

Tim O'Kelly

as Johnson

Mel Carter

as Intern

Herb Armstrong

as Anaesthesiologist

Evelyn Frank

as Evelyn

Marianne Gordon

as Sylvia Barr

Karen Norris

as Marie

Christopher West

as Bonnie