6.6 /10 1 Votes
5.8/10 TV Created by Meta Rosenberg Writers Allan Sloane | 7.5/10 IMDb Final episode date 27 April 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Paul RichardsEduard Franz Composer(s) John CarisiWalter ScharfRichard MarkowitzJohn WilliamsMorton StevensJerry GoldsmithGeorge Duning Network American Broadcasting Company Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breaking Point is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 16, 1963, to April 27, 1964, continuing in rebroadcasts until September 7. The series, which was a spinoff of Ben Casey, stars Paul Richards and Eduard Franz. The series was created by Meta Rosenberg.
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Synopsis
Richards stars as Dr. McKinley Thompson, the chief resident in psychiatry at York Hospital, a fictitious hospital in Los Angeles. Eduard Franz co-starred as Dr. Edward Raymer, the hospital's psychiatric clinic director. McKinley was called Dr. Mac by everyone on the staff, and the stories focused on the people who came to the psychiatric clinic for their help. Like Ben Casey, which along with Marcus Welby, M.D. was one of the two most successful medical series aired on ABC, Breaking Point originated at Bing Crosby Productions, filmed through Desilu Studios. In the fourth episode entitled "Bird and Snake", Robert Redford appeared as Roger Morton, along with Jack Weston as Sam Keller. This turned out to have been one of Redford's last television roles before he focused exclusively on his film career.
Guest stars
Notable guest stars include:
Award nomination
Breaking Point writer Allan Sloane was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama." The series also received an "Eddie" nomination as the "Best Edited Television Program" and a DGA Award nomination for director Robert Ellis Miller. All three nominations were for the episode "And James Was a Very Small Snail" broadcast on November 11, 1963, starring Harold J. Stone and Marsha Hunt as Joseph and Fran Babcock, respectively.