
Doctors' Private Lives
1978-03-20 · 100 min · ★ 8.0
Two heart surgeons clash over personal issues and medical ethics in a big-city hospital.
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- Directors
- Steven Hilliard Stern
- Production companies
- David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
John GavinDr. Jeffrey Latimer
Donna MillsDr. Beth Demery
Ed NelsonDr. Mike Wise
Barbara AndersonFrances Latimer
William KerwinDr. George Bana
Bettye AckermanSylvia
John RandolphIrv
Randy PowellDr. Rick Calder
Fawne HarrimanPhyllis
Leigh McCloskeyKenny
Kim HamiltonKitty
Elinor DonahueMona Wise
John LuptonHoward Weese
Viola HarrisHarriet Wise
Ross ElliottLou Wise
Robin MattsonSheila
Anne-Marie MartinDiana
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