To the Pure

Name: To the Pure
Director: Fielder Cook
Released: 1961-10-02
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Sam Jaffe, Stuart Nisbet, Maudie Prickett, Bettye Ackerman, Jeanne Bates

S1 E1 October 2, 1961 1h 0m

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Overview

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.