Operation Heartbeat

Apr 17, 1969

1h 38m

★ 0.0

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

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

MGM Television

Operation Heartbeat Trailers

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Cast

Dr. Joseph Gannon

Richard Bradford

Dr. Lee Forestman

Edward G. Robinson

Dr. Paul Lochner

James Daly

Joanna Hanson

Kim Stanley

Dr. Easler

Maurice Evans

Clifford Coswell

Kevin McCarthy

Thomas Jarris

J.D. Cannon

Raymond Hanson

William Windom

'Mike' Carter

Shelley Fabares

Chief Resident

James Shigeta

Dr. Harold Tawn

William Marshall

Eve Wilcox

Audrey Totter

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