Movie · 1969
Operation Heartbeat
Released 17 April 1969 More from 1969 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Edward G. Robinson
as Dr. Lee Forestman
Maurice Evans
as Dr. Easler
Kevin McCarthy
as Clifford Coswell
Robert Emhardt
as Judge
Alfred Ryder
as Dr. George Corlane
Audrey Totter
as Eve Wilcox
James Daly
as Dr. Paul Lochner
J.D. Cannon
as Thomas Jarris
Kim Stanley
as Joanna Hanson
William Marshall
as Dr. Harold Tawn
Marianne Gordon
as Sylvia Barr
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The numbers
53years between the oldest and youngest billed
75Edward G. Robinson — oldest on the call sheet
22Marianne Gordon — youngest billed
51average age of the credited cast