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Classic TV Theme: Ben Casey
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.To the Pure
02-10-196160mDr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a reprimand, Casey tries to persuade the board...
- Ep 2
2.But Linda Only Smiled
09-10-196160mLittle Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mother won't consent.
- Ep 3
3.The Insolent Heart
16-10-196160mDr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment diagnosed as fatal. Casey and Zorba want...
- Ep 4
4.I Remember a Lemon Tree
23-10-196160mDr. Karl Anders is a brilliant surgeon, and Zorba wants to keep him on at the hospital. But Anders is concerned with illnesses of his own—he's addicted to morphine, and suffers f...
- Ep 5
5.An Expensive Glass of Water
30-10-196160mCasey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him about. Zorba and Dr. Jensen try to dissu...
- Ep 6
6.The Sound of Laughter
06-11-196160mTony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
- Ep 7
7.A Few Brief Lines for Dave
13-11-196160mDr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also treats a woman's hypochondria.
- Ep 8
8.Pavane for a Gentle Lady
20-11-196160mBy degrees to the bare facts.
- Ep 9
9.My Good Friend Krikor
27-11-196160mOrderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailment is likely to be responsive to neuros...
- Ep 10
10.The Sweet Kiss of Madness
04-12-196160mDr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases when he treats an abused 10-year-old boy....
- Ep 11
11.A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
11-12-196160mExpectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures, and these, not the accident, are respons...
- Ep 12
12.A Dark Night for Billy Harris
18-12-196160mDr. Casey operates on Billy Harris, a holdup man shot and paralyzed, but he's also concerned about the policeman, who may have been too keen and might be mentally hampered.
- Ep 13
13.And If I Die
01-01-196260m""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
- Ep 14
14.A Memory of Candy Stripes
08-01-196260mRecollections.
- Ep 15
15.Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
15-01-196260mA clean, well-lighted place.
- Ep 16
16.A Story to Be Softly Told
22-01-196260mBetween you, me and the nurse's station.
- Ep 17
17.The Big Trouble with Charlie
29-01-196260mHe's not quite himself, or is he?
- Ep 18
18.Give My Hands an Epitaph
05-02-196260mPost-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
- Ep 19
19.Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
12-02-196260mFrom another point of view.
- Ep 20
20.Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
19-02-196260mA piece of baggage.
- Ep 21
21.Behold a Pale Horse
26-02-196260m""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
- Ep 22
22.For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
05-03-196260mA decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
- Ep 23
23.To a Grand and Natural Finale
12-03-196260mA consummation devoutly to be wished.
- Ep 24
24.Monument to an Aged Hunter
19-03-196260mSouvenirs and trophies.
- Ep 25
25.All the Clocks are Ticking
26-03-196260mAs time goes by.
- Ep 26
26.Among Others a Girl Named Abilene
02-04-196260mA Texas rose.
- Ep 27
27.A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes
16-04-196260mA vision of loveliness.
- Ep 28
28.And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears
23-04-196260mSorrow and pity.
- Ep 29
29.Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
30-04-196260mMight and main.
- Ep 30
30.An Uncommonly Innocent Killing
07-05-196260mGene Bilstrom is a leading business man of the community but a series of incidents causes his family concern. Bilstrom is admitted to the hospital for a complete mental evaluation...
- Ep 31
31.So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
21-05-196260mSo oft it chances in particular men That (for some vicious mole of nature in them, As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin) By...
- Ep 32
32.When You See an Evil Man
28-05-196260mThe patient and the ill.
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