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Operation Heartbeat

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

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.

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Production

MGM Television

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Scope

98 min

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Cast

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Featured 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

#10

James Shigeta

Chief Resident

#11

William Marshall

Dr. Harold Tawn

#12

Audrey Totter

Eve Wilcox

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Boris Sagal

Director

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Al C. Ward

Writer

Writing

Frank Glicksman

Producer

Production

George Romanis

Music

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Joseph LaShelle

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Henry Batista

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Marvin Summerfield

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TMDB Score

8.0

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