Marcus Welby, M.D. - Season 1 - Eps 4: Silken Threads and Silver Hooks

Name: Eps 4: Silken Threads and Silver Hooks
Released: 1969-10-14
Rating: 3.3

1969-10-14 • 60 min • ⭐ 6.5/10

While giving speech therapy to Nadine, a motion picture star who suffers a stroke, Dr. Welby learns that her husband, Lucas, has set up a television documentary in which Nadine is to show that people do recover full and quickly from strokes. In addition, the documentary lets the public know that she will soon be returning to motion pictures. Lucas does not heed Dr. Welby's warning that the strain of the show may prove extremely dangerous.

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About Marcus Welby, M.D.

Title: Marcus Welby, M.D.

First Air Date: 1969-09-23

Last Air Date: 1976-05-04

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.5/10 (from 19 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 8

Total Episodes: 171

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.