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Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which...
Genre:Drama
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Season 1

  • To the Pure
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    To the Pure

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1961

    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.

    Director: Fielder Cook

    Writer: N/A

  • But Linda Only Smiled
    7.7/1017 votes
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    But Linda Only Smiled

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1961

    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.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: William Bast

  • The Insolent Heart
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    The Insolent Heart

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1961

    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.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: N/A

  • I Remember a Lemon Tree
    6.6/1022 votes
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    I Remember a Lemon Tree

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1961

    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.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • An Expensive Glass of Water
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    An Expensive Glass of Water

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1961

    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.

    Director: Fielder Cook, Robert Ellis Miller

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • The Sound of Laughter
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    The Sound of Laughter

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1961

    Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.

    Director: Fielder Cook, Irving Lerner

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • A Few Brief Lines for Dave
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    A Few Brief Lines for Dave

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pavane for a Gentle Lady
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    Pavane for a Gentle Lady

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1961

    By degrees to the bare facts.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: N/A

  • My Good Friend Krikor
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    My Good Friend Krikor

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1961

    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.

    Director: Irvin Kershner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sweet Kiss of Madness
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    The Sweet Kiss of Madness

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1961

    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.

    Director: Robert Ellis Miller

    Writer: N/A

  • A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
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    A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1961

    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.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • A Dark Night for Billy Harris
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    A Dark Night for Billy Harris

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • And If I Die
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    And If I Die

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1962

    ""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Memory of Candy Stripes
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    A Memory of Candy Stripes

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1962

    Recollections.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
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    Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1962

    A clean, well-lighted place.

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • A Story to Be Softly Told
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    A Story to Be Softly Told

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1962

    Between you, me and the nurse's station.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Trouble with Charlie
    8.0/1012 votes
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    The Big Trouble with Charlie

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1962

    He's not quite himself, or is he?

    Director: Sydney Pollack

    Writer: N/A

  • Give My Hands an Epitaph
    8.4/109 votes
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    Give My Hands an Epitaph

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1962

    Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: N/A

  • Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
    8.3/1012 votes
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    Victory Wears a Cruel Smile

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1962

    From another point of view.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: N/A

  • Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
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    Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1962

    A piece of baggage.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • Behold a Pale Horse
    8.7/1014 votes
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    Behold a Pale Horse

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1962

    ""And his name that sat on him was Death.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
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    For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1962

    A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.

    Director: Sydney Pollack

    Writer: N/A

  • To a Grand and Natural Finale
    8.8/1011 votes
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    To a Grand and Natural Finale

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1962

    A consummation devoutly to be wished.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: N/A

  • Monument to an Aged Hunter
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    Monument to an Aged Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1962

    Souvenirs and trophies.

    Director: Sydney Pollack

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • All the Clocks are Ticking
    8.1/1010 votes
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    All the Clocks are Ticking

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1962

    As time goes by.

    Director: Abner Biberman

    Writer: N/A

  • Among Others a Girl Named Abilene
    6.0/109 votes
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    Among Others a Girl Named Abilene

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/1962

    A Texas rose.

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes
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    A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/16/1962

    A vision of loveliness.

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: N/A

  • And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears
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    And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/23/1962

    Sorrow and pity.

    Director: Fielder Cook

    Writer: N/A

  • Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
    8.2/109 votes
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    Preferably, the Less-Used Arm

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/30/1962

    Might and main.

    Director: Fielder Cook

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • An Uncommonly Innocent Killing
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    An Uncommonly Innocent Killing

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 5/7/1962

    Qualifications for the deed.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
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    So Oft It Chances in Particular Men

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/21/1962

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • When You See an Evil Man
    8.4/1011 votes
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    When You See an Evil Man

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/28/1962

    The patient and the ill.

    Director: Sydney Pollack

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston