Operation Heartbeat
A surgeon on trial for murder: accused of taking one life...to save another.
1969 | 98m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Boris Sagal |
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| Writer: | Al C. Ward |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 17, 1969 |
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| Director: | Boris Sagal |
| Writer: | Al C. Ward |
| Genres: | TV Movie, Drama |
| Keywords | tv pilot |
| Production Companies | MGM Television |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| James Shigeta | Chief Resident |
| William Marshall | Dr. Harold Tawn |
| Audrey Totter | Eve Wilcox |
| Angela Cartwright | Angela |
| Alfred Ryder | Dr. George Corlane |
| Robert Emhardt | Judge |
| Michael Evans | Dr. Dave Falconer |
| Jason Wingreen | Technician |
| Tim O'Kelly | Johnson |
| Herb Armstrong | Anaesthesiologist |
| Marianne Gordon | Sylvia Barr |
| Karen Norris | Marie |
| Don Quine | Tim Martin |
| Evelyn Frank | Evelyn |
| Mel Carter | Intern |
| Christopher West | Bonnie |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Al C. Ward | Writer |
| George Romanis | Music |
| Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
| Henry Batista | Editor |
| George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Marvin Summerfield | Art Direction |
| Boris Sagal | Director |
| Lalo Schifrin | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frank Glicksman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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