Operation Heartbeat

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

  • Rated 8.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1969
  • 1h 38m
  • Drama
  • TV Movie

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.

Director
Boris Sagal
Starring
Richard Bradford, Edward G. Robinson, James Daly, Kim Stanley

Cast

  • Richard Bradford

    Richard Bradford

    Dr. Joseph Gannon

  • Edward G. Robinson

    Edward G. Robinson

    Dr. Lee Forestman

  • James Daly

    James Daly

    Dr. Paul Lochner

  • Kim Stanley

    Kim Stanley

    Joanna Hanson

  • Maurice Evans

    Maurice Evans

    Dr. Easler

  • Kevin McCarthy

    Kevin McCarthy

    Clifford Coswell

  • J.D. Cannon

    J.D. Cannon

    Thomas Jarris

  • William Windom

    William Windom

    Raymond Hanson

  • Shelley Fabares

    Shelley Fabares

    'Mike' Carter

  • James Shigeta

    James Shigeta

    Chief Resident

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