Operation Heartbeat
movie
A surgeon on trial for murder: accused of taking one life...to save another.
Released April 17, 1969
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
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
Shelley Fabares
as
'Mike' Carter
James Shigeta
as
Chief Resident
William Marshall
as
Dr. Harold Tawn
Audrey Totter
as
Eve Wilcox
