Ben Casey

1961–1966 · Ended · 5 seasons · 153 episodes · Drama · United States

Creator James E. Moser · Channel ABC · Starring Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Franchot Tone

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Episodes

32 episodes · October 1961 – May 1962
  1. Episode 1: 1. To the PureOctober 2, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  2. Episode 2: 2. But Linda Only SmiledOctober 9, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  3. Episode 3: 3. The Insolent HeartOctober 16, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  4. Episode 4: 4. I Remember a Lemon TreeOctober 23, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  5. Episode 5: 5. An Expensive Glass of WaterOctober 30, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  6. Episode 6: 6. The Sound of LaughterNovember 6, 1961 · 60 min
    Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
Show 26 more episodes
  1. Episode 7: 7. A Few Brief Lines for DaveNovember 13, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  2. Episode 8: 8. Pavane for a Gentle LadyNovember 20, 1961 · 60 min
    By degrees to the bare facts.
  3. Episode 9: 9. My Good Friend KrikorNovember 27, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  4. Episode 10: 10. The Sweet Kiss of MadnessDecember 4, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  5. Episode 11: 11. A Certain Time, a Certain DarknessDecember 11, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  6. Episode 12: 12. A Dark Night for Billy HarrisDecember 18, 1961 · 60 min
    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.
  7. Episode 13: 13. And If I DieJanuary 1, 1962 · 60 min
    ""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
  8. Episode 14: 14. A Memory of Candy StripesJanuary 8, 1962 · 60 min
    Casey puts a new patient, an alcoholic former doctor, to work doing blood tests while a volunteer candy striper learns not to become too attached to another patient.
  9. Episode 15: 15. Imagine a Long, Bright CorridorJanuary 15, 1962 · 60 min
    A clean, well-lighted place.
  10. Episode 16: 16. A Story to Be Softly ToldJanuary 22, 1962 · 60 min
    Between you, me and the nurse's station.
  11. Episode 17: 17. The Big Trouble with CharlieJanuary 29, 1962 · 60 min
    He's not quite himself, or is he?
  12. Episode 18: 18. Give My Hands an EpitaphFebruary 5, 1962 · 60 min
    Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
  13. Episode 19: 19. Victory Wears a Cruel SmileFebruary 12, 1962 · 60 min
    From another point of view.
  14. Episode 20: 20. Odyssey of a Proud SuitcaseFebruary 19, 1962 · 60 min
    A piece of baggage.
  15. Episode 21: 21. Behold a Pale HorseFebruary 26, 1962 · 60 min
    ""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
  16. Episode 22: 22. For the Ladybug, One Dozen RosesMarch 5, 1962 · 60 min
    A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
  17. Episode 23: 23. To a Grand and Natural FinaleMarch 12, 1962 · 60 min
    A consummation devoutly to be wished.
  18. Episode 24: 24. Monument to an Aged HunterMarch 19, 1962 · 60 min
    Souvenirs and trophies.
  19. Episode 25: 25. All the Clocks are TickingMarch 26, 1962 · 60 min
    As time goes by.
  20. Episode 26: 26. Among Others a Girl Named AbileneApril 2, 1962 · 60 min
    Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.
  21. Episode 27: 27. A Pleasant Thing for the EyesApril 16, 1962 · 60 min
    A vision of loveliness.
  22. Episode 28: 28. And Eve Wore a Veil of TearsApril 23, 1962 · 60 min
    Sorrow and pity.
  23. Episode 29: 29. Preferably, the Less-Used ArmApril 30, 1962 · 60 min
    Might and main.
  24. Episode 30: 30. An Uncommonly Innocent KillingMay 7, 1962 · 60 min
    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.
  25. Episode 31: 31. So Oft It Chances in Particular MenMay 21, 1962 · 60 min
    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
  26. Episode 32: 32. When You See an Evil ManMay 28, 1962 · 60 min
    The patient and the ill.

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FIRST AIRED
October 2, 1961
LAST AIRED
March 21, 1966
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Bing Crosby Productions

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