James E. Moser
Director
Ben Casey (1961)
Season 1
N/A
Released Oct. 2, 1961
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.surgeon, imdb.medical-profession, imdb.doctor, imdb.hospital, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, imdb.medical-drama + 4 more, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.mentor, imdb.chief-of-surgery, mdblist.has-trailer
Production Companies: Bing Crosby Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - To the Pure
Dr. 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 to approve neurosurgery on nine-year-old Pete Salazar.
After the first of three operations on the boy, Casey is accidentally jabbed with a needle while administering a rabies test to a female patient. During his thirty-day wait for a life-or-death prognosis, he is given permission to resume the surgery.
Oct. 2, 1961, midnight
S1E2 - But Linda Only Smiled
Little 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.
Oct. 9, 1961, midnight
S1E3 - The Insolent Heart
Dr. 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 to try a new surgery on him, but the medical board is opposed.
Oct. 16, 1961, midnight
S1E4 - I Remember a Lemon Tree
Dr. 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 from leukemia.
Oct. 23, 1961, midnight
S1E5 - An Expensive Glass of Water
Casey 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 dissuade him from withdrawing, because his patient is a big donor to the hospital.
Oct. 30, 1961, midnight
S1E6 - The Sound of Laughter
Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
Nov. 6, 1961, midnight
S1E7 - A Few Brief Lines for Dave
Dr. 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.
Nov. 13, 1961, midnight
S1E8 - Pavane for a Gentle Lady
By degrees to the bare facts.
Nov. 20, 1961, midnight
S1E9 - My Good Friend Krikor
Orderly 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 neurosurgery.
Nov. 27, 1961, midnight
S1E10 - The Sweet Kiss of Madness
Dr. 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. Dr. Casey forestalls an unnecessary operation, and tries to persuade Dr. Reynolds to receive treatment.
Dec. 4, 1961, midnight
S1E11 - A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
Expectant 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 responsible for the loss of her baby.
Dec. 11, 1961, midnight
S1E12 - A Dark Night for Billy Harris
Dr. 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.
Dec. 18, 1961, midnight
S1E13 - And If I Die
""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
Jan. 1, 1962, midnight
S1E14 - A Memory of Candy Stripes
Recollections.
Jan. 8, 1962, midnight
S1E15 - Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
A clean, well-lighted place.
Jan. 15, 1962, midnight
S1E16 - A Story to Be Softly Told
Between you, me and the nurse's station.
Jan. 22, 1962, midnight
S1E17 - The Big Trouble with Charlie
He's not quite himself, or is he?
Jan. 29, 1962, midnight
S1E18 - Give My Hands an Epitaph
Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
Feb. 5, 1962, midnight
S1E19 - Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
From another point of view.
Feb. 12, 1962, midnight
S1E20 - Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
A piece of baggage.
Feb. 19, 1962, midnight
S1E21 - Behold a Pale Horse
""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
Feb. 26, 1962, midnight
S1E22 - For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
March 5, 1962, midnight
S1E23 - To a Grand and Natural Finale
A consummation devoutly to be wished.
March 12, 1962, midnight
S1E24 - Monument to an Aged Hunter
Souvenirs and trophies.
March 19, 1962, midnight
S1E25 - All the Clocks are Ticking
As time goes by.
March 26, 1962, midnight
S1E26 - Among Others a Girl Named Abilene
A Texas rose.
April 2, 1962, midnight
S1E27 - A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes
A vision of loveliness.
April 16, 1962, midnight
S1E28 - And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears
Sorrow and pity.
April 23, 1962, midnight
S1E29 - Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
Might and main.
April 30, 1962, midnight
S1E30 - An Uncommonly Innocent Killing
Gene 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 but there is a fear of the stigma involved.
May 7, 1962, midnight
S1E31 - So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
So 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 the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit, that too much o'erleavens The form of plausive manners—that (these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star) Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault. The dram of evil Doth all the noble substance of a doubt, To his own scandal.
Hamlet
May 21, 1962, midnight
S1E32 - When You See an Evil Man
The patient and the ill.
May 28, 1962, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 9180 min.
Released: Oct. 2, 1961
Last Air Date: March 21, 1966, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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