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'{{Infobox television | image = Ann Southern Robert Forster Medical Story 1975.jpg | caption = [[Ann Sothern]] and [[Robert Forster]] in "The Moonlight Healer". | genre = [[Anthology series]]<br />[[Medical drama]] | runtime = 60 minutes | company = David Gerber Productions<br />[[Columbia Pictures Television]] | creator = [[David Gerber]]<br />[[Abby Mann]] | distributor = [[Sony Pictures Television]] | producer = | camera = | director = [[Richard Benedict]]<br />Robert L. Collins<br />[[Gary Nelson (director)]]<br />Paul Senesky<br />[[Paul Wendkos]] | starring = | narrated = | country = United States | language = English | network = [[NBC]] | first_aired = {{start date|1975|9|4}} | last_aired = {{end date|1976|1|8}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 12 | list_episodes = Medical Story#Episodes }} '''''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 (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/medical-story/cast/203030 |title=Medical Story Cast and Details|publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2013-02-14}}</ref> ==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 (actress, born 1917)|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== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:75%; background:#fff;" |- ! style="background:#39f;"| No. ! style="background:#39f;"| Title ! style="background:#39f;"| Directed by ! style="background:#39f;"| Written by ! style="background:#39f;"| Original air date {{Episode list |Title=Medical Story |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|9|4}} |EpisodeNumber=1 |DirectedBy= [[Gary Nelson (director)|Gary Nelson]] |WrittenBy= [[Abby Mann]] |ShortSummary= A young intern wants to save a patient from a needless [[hysterectomy]]. 2 hour episode. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The Right to Die |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|9|11}} |EpisodeNumber=2 |DirectedBy= [[Don Medford]] |WrittenBy= Tim Maschler |ShortSummary= A dying elderly woman is being pressured into surgery. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The God syndrome |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|9|18}} |EpisodeNumber=3 |DirectedBy= [[Paul Wendkos]] |WrittenBy= [[Arthur A. Ross]] & Larry Brody |ShortSummary= A young surgeon sees medical challenges and not human beings when he looks at his patients. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Test Case |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|9|25}} |EpisodeNumber=4 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= A right-to-life group targets a doctor after he forgoes an attempt to save a fetus during an abortion. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=A Life in the Balance |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|18}} |EpisodeNumber=5 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= A medical student feels the pressure of working at a large hospital. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=An Air Full of Death |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|9}} |EpisodeNumber=6 |DirectedBy= [[Ralph Senensky]] |WrittenBy= [[George Bellak]] |ShortSummary= A doctor investigates cancer-causing chemicals. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Million Dollar Baby |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|23}} |EpisodeNumber=7 |DirectedBy= Paul Wendkos |WrittenBy= E. Arthur Kean |ShortSummary= A doctor gets a [[Medical malpractice|malpractice suit]] from a woman he helped deliver 22 years earlier. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The Moonlight Healer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|30}} |EpisodeNumber=8 |DirectedBy= [[Richard Benedict]] |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= A first year resident moonlights in the emergency room. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Wasteland |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|13}} |EpisodeNumber=9 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= A doctor tries to convince his low-income patients into being [[Sterilization (medicine)|sterilized]]. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Us Against the World |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|12|4}} |EpisodeNumber=10 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= [[Rita Lakin]] |ShortSummary= Three female interns have to deal with a [[leukemia]] patient, a chauvinistic surgeon and an unstable child. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Woman in White |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|12|11}} |EpisodeNumber=11 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= A doctor wants a [[breast cancer]] patient to have a less radical surgery. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The Quality of Mercy |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1976|1|8}} |EpisodeNumber=12 |DirectedBy= [[Robert L. Collins]] |WrittenBy= Robert L. Collins |ShortSummary= A group of doctors fight a board of supervisors who are unwilling to allocate funds to raise public health standards. 2 hour episode. |LineColor=3399ff }} |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://ctva.biz/US/Medical/MedicalStory.htm ''Medical Story'' at CVTA link with episode list] *{{IMDb title|72544}} *{{TV Guide|203030}} *{{epguides|MedicalStory}} [[Category:1975 American television series debuts]] [[Category:1976 American television series endings]] [[Category:1970s American anthology television series]] [[Category:1970s American medical television series]] [[Category:English-language television shows]] [[Category:NBC original programming]] [[Category:Television series by Sony Pictures Television]] [[Category:Television shows set in Oregon]] [[Category:Television shows scored by Jerry Goldsmith]]'