Operation Heartbeat
“A surgeon on trial for murder: accused of taking one life...to save another.”
1969•1h 38m•8.0•Released
DramaTV 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
Writer
Al C. Ward
Languages
English
Studio
MGM Television
Cast
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
Production
Company
MGM Television
Producer
Frank Glicksman
Recommended
6.3
TalhotBlond
2012
6.3
Inherit the Wind
1999
6.3
Cheaters
2000
6.3
Witness Protection
1999
7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
6.7
Girl in the Box
2016
6.7
Normal
2003
6.6
Return to Zero
2014
6.9
I Am Elizabeth Smart
2017
6.8
...First Do No Harm
1997
6.8
Ray Donovan: The Movie
2022
6.1
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life
2006
6.2
Burton and Taylor
2013
6.8
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
6.8
The Christmas Shoes
2002
6
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
2003
6.3
Hello
2022
7.4
Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery
2020
6
Double Teamed!
2002
6.6
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
2015
Similar Movies
4.5
Adventures in Babysitting
1989
Apt. 2C
1985
8.5
London's Burning: The Movie
1986
6.6
Homestead
2024
8.4
Big House Blues
1990
Psyko Ferret
2000
7
Bagboy!
2002
Junkyard Teddies
2005
Swaroop: Bovine Bliss
2001
8
Sailor Moon
1995
6.2
Carrie
2002
Ziptronik Megablast
2015
Universal Brawlers of the Universe
2018
8.8
Beetle Bailey
1989
8
Doc
1969
6.5
The Ghost Writer
1990
7.4
House on Greenapple Road
1970
Conspiracy
1997
The Tall Tales of Urchin
2016
Crazy Block
2018