Operation Heartbeat(1969)
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.
Movie: Operation Heartbeat
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Dr. Joseph Gannon
Dr. Lee Forestman
Dr. Paul Lochner
Joanna Hanson
Dr. Easler
Clifford Coswell
Thomas Jarris
Raymond Hanson
'Mike' Carter
Chief Resident
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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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1969-04-17
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A surgeon on trial for murder: accused of taking one life...to save another.
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