Medical Story
Appearance
Medical Story | |
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Genre | Anthology series Medical drama |
Created by | David Gerber Abby Mann |
Directed by | Richard Benedict Robert L. Collins Gary Nelson (director) Paul Senesky Paul Wendkos |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | David Gerber Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 4, 1975 January 8, 1976 | –
Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975, until January 8, 1976.
Premise
This was an anthology series about issues in the medical field, making it into the medical equivalent of Police Story.[1]
Notable guest stars
(in alphabetical order)
- Diane Baker
- Richard Basehart
- Ralph Bellamy
- Theodore Bikel
- Beau Bridges
- Dane Clark
- Dabney Coleman
- Broderick Crawford
- Bradford Dillman
- Howard Duff
- Vince Edwards
- Shelley Fabares
- John Forsythe
- Ruth Gordon
- Farley Granger
- Judd Hirsch
- Marsha Hunt
- Shirley Knight
- Hope Lange
- Juliet Mills
- Arthur O'Connell
- Linda Purl
- Carl Reiner
- Pernell Roberts
- Ann Sothern
- Susan Strasberg
- Joan Van Ark
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Medical Story" | Gary Nelson | Abby Mann | September 4, 1975 | |
A young intern wants to save a patient from a needless hysterectomy. 2 hour episode. | |||||
2 | "The Right to Die" | Don Medford | Tim Maschler | September 11, 1975 | |
A dying elderly woman is being pressured into surgery. | |||||
3 | "The God syndrome" | Paul Wendkos | Arthur A. Ross & Larry Brody | September 18, 1975 | |
A young surgeon sees medical challenges and not human beings when he looks at his patients. | |||||
4 | "Test Case" | Unknown | Unknown | September 25, 1975 | |
A right-to-life group targets a doctor after he forgoes an attempt to save a fetus during an abortion. | |||||
5 | "A Life in the Balance" | Unknown | Unknown | October 18, 1975 | |
A medical student feels the pressure of working at a large hospital. | |||||
6 | "An Air Full of Death" | Ralph Senensky | George Bellak | October 9, 1975 | |
A doctor investigates cancer-causing chemicals. | |||||
7 | "Million Dollar Baby" | Paul Wendkos | E. Arthur Kean | October 23, 1975 | |
A doctor gets a malpractice suit from a woman he helped deliver 22 years earlier. | |||||
8 | "The Moonlight Healer" | Richard Benedict | Unknown | October 30, 1975 | |
A first year resident moonlights in the emergency room. | |||||
9 | "Wasteland" | Unknown | Unknown | November 13, 1975 | |
A doctor tries to convince his low-income patients into being sterilized. | |||||
10 | "Us Against the World" | Unknown | Rita Lakin | December 4, 1975 | |
Three female interns have to deal with a leukemia patient, a chauvinistic surgeon and an unstable child. | |||||
11 | "Woman in White" | Unknown | Unknown | December 11, 1975 | |
A doctor wants a breast cancer patient to have a less radical surgery. | |||||
12 | "The Quality of Mercy" | Robert L. Collins | Robert L. Collins | January 8, 1976 | |
A group of doctors fight a board of supervisors who are unwilling to allocate funds to raise public health standards. 2 hour episode. |
References
- ^ TV Guide. "Medical Story Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
External links
Categories:
- 1975 American television series debuts
- 1976 American television series endings
- 1970s American anthology television series
- 1970s American medical television series
- English-language television shows
- NBC original programming
- Television series by Sony Pictures Television
- Television shows set in Oregon
- Television shows scored by Jerry Goldsmith