Marcus Welby, M.D. - Season 4 - Eps 21: The Working Heart
Laura Daniels develops a serious heart problem as the result of rheumatic fever. Although she accepts Dr. Welby's order to give up her TV interview show, she is convinced that her husband Paul loves her only as a successful career woman. She returns to work, getting pills from her assistant, Jan, and these, combined with liquor, cause her to collapse, making heart surgery mandatory.
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.
Cast
Robert Young
Dr. Marcus Welby
James Brolin
Dr. Steven Kiley
Pamela Hensley
Janet Blake
Sharon Gless
Kathleen Faverty
Elena Verdugo
Consuelo Lopez
