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Operation Heartbeat (1969)

NR | Apr 17, 1969 (US) | Drama, TV Movie | 01:38

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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Richard Bradford
Dr. Joseph Gannon
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Edward G. Robinson
Dr. Lee Forestman
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James Daly
Dr. Paul Lochner
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Kim Stanley
Joanna Hanson
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Maurice Evans
Dr. Easler
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Kevin McCarthy
Clifford Coswell
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J.D. Cannon
Thomas Jarris
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William Windom
Raymond Hanson
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Shelley Fabares
'Mike' Carter
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James Shigeta
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