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Duration
  

Running time
  
1h 40m

Art director
  
Ross Bellah

Language
  
English

5.6/10
IMDb

Director
  
Steven Hilliard Stern

Genre
  
Drama film

Country
  
United States

Release date
  
1978

Writer
  
Peggy Elliott (story), James S. Henerson (screenplay), James S. Henerson (story), Worley Thorne

Cast
  
John Gavin
(Dr. Jeffrey Latimer),
Donna Mills
(Dr. Beth Demery),
Ed Nelson
(Dr. Mike Wise),
William Kerwin
(Dr. George Bana),
John Randolph
(Irv),
Leigh McCloskey
(Kenny)

Doctors' Private Lives is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film starring John Gavin, Donna Mills, Ed Nelson, Barbara Anderson and directed by Steven Stern. It was broadcast on ABC on March 20, 1978.

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It was a pilot for a short-lived television series of the same name that aired for four episodes from April 5 to April 26, 1979.

Doctors private lives opening credits abc miniseries


Cast

  • John Gavin as Dr. Jeffrey Latimer
  • Donna Mills as Dr. Beth Demery
  • Ed Nelson as Dr. Mike Wise
  • Barbara Anderson as Frances Latimer
  • William Kerwin as Dr. George Bana
  • Bettye Ackerman as Sylvia
  • John Randolph as Irv
  • Randolph Powell as Dr. Rick Calder
  • Fawne Harriman as Phyllis
  • Leigh McCloskey as Kenny
  • Kim Hamilton as Kitty
  • Elinor Donahue as Mona Wise

    • Reception

    The Los Angeles Times called the film "lively but ludicrous and verges on self parody."

    TV miniseries

    One year after the TV movie's network premiere, a four-episode miniseries was produced and directed by Edward M. Abroms, Richard Benedict and Marc Daniels. John Gavin, Ed Nelson and Randolph Powell reprised their respective roles from the 1978 TV movie. The miniseries focused on the personal and professional crises of two heart surgeons: Chief Surgeon Dr. Michael Wise and cardiovascular Unit Chief Dr. Jeffrey Latimer.

    Cast

  • Ed Nelson as Dr. Michael Wise
  • John Gavin as Dr. Jeffrey Latimer
  • Randolph Powell as Dr. Rick Calder
  • Phil Levien as Kenny Wise
  • Gwen Humble as Sheila Castle
  • Eddie Benton as Nurse Diane Cooper

    • References

    Doctors' Private Lives Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

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