CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - US Medical Drama Series
Brenner (1959,64)  The Defenders (1961-65) The Nurses (1962-65)
 Espionage (1963-64) For the People (1965) Coronet Blue (1967)
The Nurses
(season 3 title: 'The Doctors and The Nurses')
Episode Guide -  April 2006
(ep. #2.30)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Bob Lamm (New York)<blamm@concentric.net>
Author of Articles on the series in
"The Journal Of Popular Television Volume 23 no. 2 Summer 1995
article entitled -"The Nurses: Television's Forgotten Gems"
"TV Collector" Volume 2 no. 58 Jan-Feb 1992
Tom Alger, Rina Fox
references:
The Herbert Brodkin Retrospective by
The Museum Of Broadcasting
(now The Museum Of Television Of Radio)
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
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THE NURSES (1962-64) THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES (1964-65)
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Plautus Productions, Inc.
Executive Producer Herbert Brodkin
Produced by Arthur Lewis (1962-64)
Produced by Arthur Joel Katz (1964-65)
for
CBS (Thursdays 9:00 pm) (season 1)(1962-63)
CBS (Thursdays 10:00 pm) (season 2)(1963-64)
CBS (Tuesdays 10:00 pm) (season 3)(1964-65)

US Medical Drama series 1962-65 98 episodes x 60 min bw
starring
Shirl Conway as Liz Thorpe (1962-1965)
Zina Bethune as Gail Lucas (1962-1965)
Edward Binns as Dr. Anson Kiley (1962-1964)
Stephen Brooks as Dr. Ned Lowry (1963-1964)
Hilda Simms as Miss Ayres

Michael Tolan as Dr. Alex Tazinski "Ski" (1964-1965)(season 3)
Joseph Campanella as Dr. Ted Steffen (1964-1965)(season 3)

Premise: Excellent hospital drama, set at Alden General Hospital.

Herbert Brodkin/Plautus Productions produced "Brenner",
"The Defenders" "The Doctors and The Nurses" "For The People"
and "Espionage" and "Coronet Blue"

############### The Nurses #################
############# Season 1 1962-63 ###############
##############################################
32 episodes
Produced by Arthur Lewis
CBS Thursdays 9:00 pm

1.01 [--] The Nurses: NIGHT SHIFT
27Sep62 CBS Thur
Written by John Vlahos
Directed by David Greene
guest cast:
Viveca Lindfors
Ruth McDevitt
Arthur Hill
Joey Heatherton
Three women sit in the maternity ward at Alden General: a
Greek immigrant with rheumatic fever who needs a delicate
Caesarian, a woman whose husband opposes her decision to
have natural childbirth, a young woman who doesn't want
to have her baby.

1.02 [--] The Nurses: THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
4Oct62 CBS Thur
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Beverly Garland
Joseph Campanella

1.03 [--] The Nurses: FLY, SHADOW
11Oct62 CBS Thur
Written by Franklin Barton
Directed by Hrman Hoffman
guest cast:
Collen Dewhurst
Lou Jacobi
Joanne Linville
An ex-alcoholic nurse endangers the life of an alcoholic
patient to cover up the patient's drinking when he lies
about it to hospital administrators.

1.04 [--] The Nurses: THE BARBARA BOWERS STORY
18Oct62 CBS Thur
Written by Al Brenner
Directed by Herman Hoffman
guest cast:
Elizabeth Ashley
Ruth White
Jean Stapleton

1.05[--] The Nurses: DR. LILLIAN
25Oct62 CBS Thur (rerun 25Jul63)
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Don Richardson
guest cast:
Virginia Gilmore ..... Dr. Lillian Bauer
Lonny Chapman ........ Dr. Mehli
Roy Poole ............ Dr. Campbell
John Beal ............ Dr. Henden
Synopsis 1:
A female surgeon suffers pathological guilt over the death
of a patient, loses her confidence, but continues to operate.
Synopsis 2:
Surgeon Lillian Bauer has been the victim of harassment ever since she
arrived at Alden General, but she has a greater problem to cope with
- she can't dismiss the memory of a child who died during one of
her operations. [RF]

1.06 [--] The Nurses: A PRIVATE ROOM
1Nov62 CBS Thur
Written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Don Richardson
guest cast:
Barry Moorse
Edward Binns (regular)
Hilda Simms (regular)
Gail Lucas's (Zina Bethune) career is in jeopardy when she
tells patients in the ward taht a fellow patient has a
terminal disease.

 1.07 [--] The Nurses: THE PRISONER
08Nov62 CBS Thurs (rerun, 05Mar64)
written by George Bellak
directed by Elliot Silverstein
Guest cast:
George Grizzard ...... Dr. Lou Maxwell
Louis Gossett .......... William Taylor
Simon Oakland ....... Patrolman Braden
Ron Nicholas .......... Dr. Pete Dana
Martha Greenhouse .... Mrs. Gilchrist
Peg Murray ........ Miss Stewart
Hilda Simms ...... Miss Ayres
Synopsis 1:
A criminal who kills a pharmacist during a robbery, is shot himself,
and is treated in the hospital while facing the death penalty.
Synopsis 2:
A wounded killer faces the death sentence - if the hospital staff
can save his life. [RF]

1.08 [--] The Nurses: A STRANGE AND DISTANT PLACE
15Nov62 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Jose Quintero
guest cast:
Zia Mohyeddin
Rosemary Murphy
Gail Lucas (Zina Bethune) helps a foreign resident adjust
to life in the United States.

1.09 [--] The Nurses: TWO BLACK CANDLES
22Nov62 CBS Thur
Written by Norman Lessing
Directed by Jose Quintero
guest cast:
J.D. Cannon
John Beal
Hilda Simms (regular)
Episode about the world of Voodoo.

1.10 [--] The Nurses: LADY MADE OF STONE
29Nov62 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Herman Hoffman
guest cast:
Beatrice Straight
Michael Strong
The head nurse in the pediatrics wing has become hardened
after watching too many children die.

1.11 [--] The Nurses: FRIEDA
6Dec62 CBS Thur
Written by Al Ruben
Directed by Lamont Johnson
guest cast:
Vivian Nathan
Fred Stewart
Cicely Tyson
Gene Hackman
A German nurse is exposed as having participated in Nazi
medical experiments on people in concentration camps.

1.12 [--] The Nurses: THE SOFT TOUCH
13Dec62 CBS Thur
Written by John Hess
Directed by Paul Stewart
guest cast:
Fritz Weaver
Cameron Prud'homme
Elizabeth Wilson

1.13 [--] The Nurses: IMAGE OF ANGELA
27Dec62 CBS Thur
Written by Franklin Barton and Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
guest cast:
Paul Stevens
Hilda Simms (regular)

1.14 [--] The Nurses: A DIFFERENCE OF YEARS
3Jan63 CBS Thur
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by Herman Hoffman
guest cast:
William Shatner
Sarah Marshall

1.15 [--] The Nurses: ROOT OF VIOLENCE
10Jan63 CBS Thur
Written by Mel Goldberg
Directed by John Newland
guest cast:
Susan Kohner
George Segal

1.16 [--] The Nurses: MANY A SULLIVAN
17Jan63 CBS Thur
Written by Edward Adler and Albert Ruben
Directed by Herman Hoffman
guest cast:
Edward Binns (regular)
Frank McHugh

1.17 [--] The Nurses: NIGHT SOUNDS
24Jan63 CBS Thur
Written by Larry Cohen
Directed by Don Richardson
guest cast:
Donald Davis
Judson Laire
Alan Alda
Gail Lucas (Zina Bethune) is attacked and nearly raped by a
deranged patient, but the hospital authorities don't believe
her story and think "she asked for it".

1.18 [--] The Nurses: THE THIRD GENERATION
07Feb63 CBS Thur (Network rerun 01Aug63)
Written by Stanley Greenberg
Directed by Gerald Mayer
Regular Cast:
Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Edward Binns
Guest Cast:
Cathleen Nesbitt ........ Charlotte Pope
Rudy Bond ............... Thomas Rosss
Lenka Peterson .......... Emily Ross
Jeanne Barr ............. Miss Sakenski
Joanna Miles ............ Miss Kelly
Peg Murray .............. Miss Stewart
Joan Croydon ............ Landlady
Julie Hirsh ............. Miss Coleandar
Liz's former nursing teacher, elderly Charlotte Pope, is a better
nurse than patient - she refuses to remain bedridden and insists
on going back to work. [TA]

1.19 [--] The Nurses: THE LIFE
14Feb63 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Sargent
Directed by Don Richardson
guest cast:
Joan Hackett .............. Margaret Hunter
George Grizzard ......... Dr. Lou Maxwell
Edgar Stehli ............... Dr. Wagner
David J. Stewart .......... Dr. Felix Reisner
Hilda Brawner ............. Nurse Helen Cavanaugh
Virginia Kaye .............. Receptionist
Hilda Simms (regular)
Synopsis 1:
An unmarried nurse becomes pregnant and wants to get an illegal
abortion; a maverick physician supports a woman's right to choose.
Synopsis 2:
Miss Margaret Hunter hasn't been acting the quiet, efficient lately and
the staff is beginning to wonder why. But Margaret has a good reason -
she's expecting a baby. [RF]

1.20 [--] The Nurses: CIRCLE OF CHOICE
21Feb63 CBS Thur
Written by George Bellak
Directed by Gerald Mayer
guest cast:
Lili Darvas
Barbara Dana
Paul Stevens
Gil Lucas (Zina Bethune) considers leaving nursing to become
a dancer.

1.21 [--] The Nurses: THE PERFECT NURSE
28Feb63 CBS Thur
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by John Peyser
guest cast:
Edward Binns (regular)
Patrick O'Neal

1.22 [--] The Nurses: THE THUNDER OF ERNIE BASS
7Mar63 CBS Thur
Written by Al Ruben
Directed by Jose Quintero
guest cast:
Philip Carey
Ted Van Griethuysen
Hilda Simms (regular)
Loretta Leversee
Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway) loses her objectivity regarding
a patient.

1.23 [--] The Nurses: THE SATURDAY EVENING OF TIME
14Mar63 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Sargent
Directed by David Greene
guest cast:
Peggy Wood
Hilda Simms (regular)
An elderly nurse who has worked at Alden General for 47 years
is forced out of her job because she no longer is trustworthy
and falls into a deep depression.

1.24 [--] The Nurses: A QUESTION OF MERCY
21Mar63 CBS Thur
(not to be confused with season 3 'A Question of Murder')
guest cast:
Madlyn Rhue
J.D. Cannon
Edward Binns (regular)
William Shatner
A young physician is in agony, dying of cancer. His Fianceé,
a nurse, seems to have pulled out his IV to end his suffering
- leading to intense debates all over the hospital about
euthanasia.

1.25 [--] The Nurses: PARTY GIRL
28Mar63 CBS Thur
Written by Larry Cohen
Directed by Robert Gist and Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Inger Stevens
James Broderick
Inga Svenson
A "model" brought to the hospital after an attack of rheumatic
fever turns out to be a high-priced call girl.

1.26 [--] The Nurses: A DARK WORLD
11Apr63 CBS Thur
Written by George Bellak
Directed by Don Richardson
guest cast:
Mary Fickett
Charles Aidman
Martha Scott

1.27 [--] The Nurses: YOU COULD DIE LAUGHING
18Apr63 CBS Thur
Written by George Bellak
Directed by Herman Hoffman
guest cast:
Keenan Wynn
Conrad Janis
Alan Bunce
A domineering, egocentric comedian becomes a patient at the
hospital and antagonizes Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway).

1.28 [--] The Nurses: CHOICE AMONG WRONGS
02May63 CBS Thur
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Stephen Brooks ....... Lucas Kiley
Lauri Peters ......... Lauri Perrault
Salem Ludwig ......... Dr. Josephson
Gerry Matthews ....... Dr. Mickau
Warren Finnerty ...... Passerby
Brenda Lesley ........ Nurse
Synopsis:
Lucas Kiley asks his father to help him out of a serious jam - but the
obstinate physician doesn't have time for his son's problems. [RF]

1.29 [--] The Nurses: EXPRESS STOP FROM LENOX AVENUE
9May63 CBS Thur
Written by Adrian Spies
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Ruby Dee
George Voskovec
Neva Patterson
Claudia McNeil
A nurse becomes a success at the hospital but is unable to
deal with her family and her roots in Harlem.

1.30 [--] The Nurses: BITTER PILL
23May63 CBS Thur
Written by Leonard Kanter
Directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Scott Marlowe
Jena Engstrom
Edward Binns (regular)
Hilda Simms (regular)
A thallidomide baby is born without hands and the baby's
parents plan to give him away to a home 'till Liz Thorpe
(Shirl Conway) intervenes.

1.31 [--] The Nurses: FIELD OF BATTLE
30May63 CBS Thur
Written by Al Ruben
Directed by Don Richardson
guest cast:
Diane Baker
Simon Oakland
James Daly

1.32 [--] The Nurses: THEY ARE AS LIONS
6Jun63 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Alex March
guest cast:
Kim Hunter
J.D. Cannon
Russell Collins

[--] 25Jul63 (Sun?) rerun of #1.05 "Dr. Lillian" (first aired 25Oct62)
[--] 01Aug63 Thur rerun of #1.18 "The Third Generation" (first aired 07Feb63)

############### The Nurses #################
############# Season 2 1963-64 ###############
##############################################
36 episodes
Produced by Arthur Lewis
CBS Thursdays 10:00 pm

2.01 [33] The Nurses: NO SCORE
26Sep63 CBS Thur
Written by Arnold Perl
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Susan Oliver
Don Gordon
J.D. Cannon
A nurse seems to be shielding her husband, a junkie, but in
reality she is covering up HER addiction.

2.02 [34] The Nurses: SHOW JUST CAUSE WHY YOU SHOULD WEEP
3Oct63 CBS Thur
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by Lamont Johnson
guest cast:
Zachary Scott
Margaret Phillips
Judson Laire
When Gail Lucas (Zina Bethune) reads from a patient's chart
to non-professionals, she is brought up on charges by a child
abuser.

2.03 [35] The Nurses: ESCAPE ROUTE
10Oct63 CBS Thur
Written by Richard McCracken
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Viveca Lindfors
Barry Morse
Murray Hamilton
Hilda Simms (regular)

2.04 [36] The Nurses: THE GIFT
17Oct63 CBS Thur
Written by Larry Cohen
Directed by Alex March
guest cast:
Lee Grant
Robert Webber
Anne Meacham
A nurse is assigned to a patient who has attempted suicide,
is partially paralyzed, and will not speak or make any attempt
to regain his physical faculties.

2.05 [37] The Nurses: STRIKE
24Oct63 CBS Thur
Written by Al Ruben
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
guest cast:
Norma Crane
Judson Laire
Clifton James

2.06 [38] The Nurses: THE HORN OF PLENTY
31Oct63 CBS Thur
Written by Ted Apstein
Directed by Alex March
guest cast:
Mark Richman
Stephen Brooks (regular)

2.07 [39] The Nurses: THE HELPING HAND
7Nov63 CBS Thur
Written by Art Wallace
Directed by Dick Donner
guest cast:
Sada Thompson
Joe DeSantis

2.08 [40] The Nurses: ORDEAL
14Nov63 CBS Thur
Written by Harold Gast
Directed by Ralph Senensky
guest cast:
Brandon deWilde
Larry Gates
Edward Binns (regular)

2.09 [41] The Nurses: THE GUILT OF MOLLY KANE
21Nov63 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Sargent
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Lois Nettleton
Frank Overton
Richard Mulligan

2.10 [42] The Nurses: THE UNWANTED
28Nov63 CBS Thur
Script by Stanley R. Greenberg
Directed by Charles Dubin
guest cast:
Vivian Nathan ........ Mrs. Fuentes
Ellen Holly .......... Helena Fuentes
Rafael Campos ........ Damon Fuentes
Rene Olmeda .......... Damon Fuentes
Jo Ann Trama ......... Maria Fuentes
Vincent Gardenia ..... Mr. Pulski
Jan Miner ............ Mrs. Harmon
Percy Rodriguez ...... Mr. Jackson
Michael Baseleon ..... Policeman
Synopsis:
Gail encounters unexpected resentment when she arrives in a depressed
neighborhood to help Mrs. Fuentes, who is expecting her third child. [RF]

2.11 [43] The Nurses: DISASTER CALL
5Dec63 CBS Thur
Written by Richard McCracken
Directed by Gerald Mayer
guest cast:
Howard Da Silva
William Prince
Tim O'Connor
John McGovern

2.12 [44] The Nurses: TO SPEND, TO GIVE, TO WANT
12Dec63 CBS Thur
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by Charles Dubin
guest cast:
Lee Grant
Bramwell Fletcher
Morgan Sterne

 2.13 [45] The Nurses: THE WITCH OF THE EAST WING
19Dec1963 CBS Thur (rebroadcast 10Sep64)
Written by Archie L. Tegland
Directed by Gerald Mayer
Guest cast:
Elaine Stritch ....... Irma Downey
Tom Bosley ........... Clarence
Martin Sheen ......... Carl
Rudy Bond ............ Joe Frisky
Dan Morgan ........... Hegelman
Charles Randall ...... Portier
Synopsis:
Irma Downey is the witch of the East Wing, who rules Ward D is
her own tyrannical way - without really terrorizing anyone. [RF]

2.14 [46] The Nurses: RALLY ROUND, MY COMRADES
26Dec63 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Charles Dubin
guest cast:
Audrey Christie
Joey Heatherton

2.15 [47] The Nurses: THE SEEING HEART
02Jan64 CBS Thur (rerun 17Sep64)
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Gerald Mayer
starring Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Stephen Brooks, Edward Binns.
guest cast:
Fritz Weaver ......... Father Wickford
Paul Mace ............ David Kaplan
Sam Gray ............. David's Father
Synopsis:
A blind priest, hospitalized with an ulcer, is asked to help a blind
Jewish boy prepare for his bar mitzvah. [RF]

2.16 [48] The Nurses: CREDO
9Jan64 CBS Thur
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Bradford Dillman
Mercedes McCambridge
Rochelle Oliver

2.17 [49] The Nurses: THE RAINBOW RIDE
16Jan64 CBS Thur
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Geraldine Brooks
Joe Campanella
Arthur Storch

2.18 [50] The Nurses: THE INTERN SYNDROME
23Jan64 CBS Thur
Written by Harold Gast
Directed by Ralph Senensky
guest cast:
Sandra Church
Edward Binns (regular)
Stephen Brooks (regular)
The suicide of a male doctor leads a young physician into
an attack of "symptomitis" where he believes he has every
illness he sees in his patients.

2.19 [51] The Nurses: IS THERE ROOM FOR EDWARD?
30Jan64 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Sargent
Directed by Buzz Kulik
guest cast:
Miriam Colon
Michael Tolan
Harry Bellaver

2.20 [52] The Nurses: THE ROAMER
6Feb64 CBS Thur
Written by Harold Gast
Directed by Gerald Mayer
guest cast:
Stephen Brooks (regular)
James Edwards

2.21 [53] The Nurses: NURSE IS A FEMININE NOUN
13Feb64 CBS Thur
Written by Robert Van Scoyk
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Harold J. Stone ......... Elihu Kamisnky
Diana Sands
A war veteran (Harold J. Stone) returns home determined to
become an obstetrics nurse, but he runs into prejudice and
gay-baiting at the hospital.

2.22 [54] The Nurses: THE IMPERFECT PRODIGY
20Feb64 CBS Thur
Written by Al Ruben
Directed by James Sheldon
guest cast:
Michael Tolan (regular)
Diana Sands
John Beal
Paul McGrath
Hot-headed, arrogant Dr. Alex Tazinski (Michael Tolan) gets
into trouble for mistreating a nurse; brings an older,
respected doctor before a medical board for an unnecessary
appendectomy; and ultimately Tazinski is kicked out of
the hospital.

2.23 [55] The Nurses: FOR THE MICE AND THE RABBITS
27Feb64 CBS Thur
Written by Art Wallace
Directed by David Greene
guest cast:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Edward Binns (regular)
Hilda Simms (regular)
Episode about a nurse's refusal to administer an experimental
drug to a patient.

[--] 05Mar64 - rerun of #1.07 "The Prisoner" (first aired 08Nov62)

2.24 [56] The Nurses: CLIMB A BROKEN LADDER
12Mar64 CBS Thur
Written by Art Wallace
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
guest cast:
George Segal
Paul Stevens
Kathryn Hays

2.25 [57] The Nurses: THE FOREVER CHILD
19Mar64 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Theodore Bikel
Richard Kiley

2.26 [58] The Nurses: A KIND OF LOVING
2Apr64 CBS Thur
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Alex Segal
guest cast:
Diana Lynn
William Prince
Dorrit Kelton
A Southern belle/nursing student is not accepted by the other
nurses and becomes over involved with a psychiatric patient.

2.27 [59] The Nurses: THE LEOPARD KILLER
9Apr64 CBS Thur
Written by Harold Gast
Directed by Tom Gries
guest cast:
Earle Hyman
Edward Binns (regular)

 2.28 [60] The Nurses: THE GISMO ON THE EEG.
16Apr64 CBS Thur
Written by Albert Rubin
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
June Harding ......... Monica James
Walter Moulder ....... Dr. Jack Donner
Joe Silver ........... Mr. Cox
Boris Tumarin ........ Dr. Zimmerman
Sheldon Koretz ....... McCloskey
Synopsis:
Student nurse Monica James seems hopelessly clumsy with her hospital
chorse. But when it comes to fixing things in the boiler room, she's
a whiz. [RF]

2.29 [61] The Nurses: THE HUMAN TRANSACTION
23Apr64 CBS Thur
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by Leonard Horn
guest cast:
James Daly ........... Dr. David Wicker
Davey Davison ........ Carey Sonnenberg
Virginia Gilmore ..... Edna Sonnenberg
Mart Hulswit ......... Dr. Steve Keller
Synopsis:
Dr. David Wicker and his young neighbor have developed a warm father
-daughter type of friendship, but the doctor's associates at Alden
General are interpreting it another way. [RF]

2.30 [62] The Nurses: TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON SHORE
07May64 CBS Thur
Written by Allan Sloane
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Will Kuluva .......... Dr. Goodenow
Susan Melvin ......... Louisa Sands
Sylvia Sidney ........ Mrs. Sands
Richard Tatro ........ Dr. Ansell
Ken LeRoy ............ Technician
Helen Stenborg ....... Lecturer
Julie Bovasso ........ Charge Nurse
Synopsis:
Suspecting that six-year-old Louisa Sands suffers from cystic fibrosis,
Gail orders an additional test - without the attending physician's
permission. [RF]

2.31 [63] The Nurses: WHITE ON WHITE
14May64 CBS Thur
Written by Robert Van Scoyk
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Kevin McCarthy
Barbara Harris
A comedy episode in which a TV show decides to do some
filming about nurses and Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway) becomes
their advisor.

2.32 [64] The Nurses: A POSTCARD FROM YUCATAN
21May64 CBS Thur
Written by Alvin Sargent
Directed by David Greene
guest cast:
Jon Richards

2.33 [65] The Nurses: THE BYSTANDERS
28May64 CBS Thur
Written by Art Wallace
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
guest cast:
Aline MacMahon
Russell Collins

2.34 [66] The Nurses: WHERE PARK RUNS INTO VREELAND
11Jun64 CBS Thur
Written by Allan Sloane
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Starring: Zina Bethune (as Gail Lucas)
Gest cast:
Jan Sterling .......... Claire Lucas
Robert Jordan ......... George
Robert Emhardt ........ Dr. Ellison
Dan Travanty .......... Dr. Van Houten
Jane Rose ............. Miss Pritchard
Richard Hamilton ...... Mr. Lazzara
Barbara Anson ......... Nurse
Synopsis:
With graduation just weeks away, Gail is summoned home to be
with her mother, who is to undergo an operation. And while there,
Gail must make an important decision about the future. [TA]

2.35 [67] The Nurses: THE WARRIOR
18Jun64 CBS Thur
Written by Stanley Greenberg
Directed by Buzz Kulik
guest cast:
Leslie Neilsen
Georgann Johnson
Peggy Maurer

2.36 [68] The Nurses: THE LOVE OF A SMART OPERATOR
25Jun64 CBS Thur
Written by Harold Gast
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Paul Burke
James Broderick
Barbara Barrie
A wheeler-dealer fakes a serious illness to avoid being
indicted by a grand jury, but then his nurse falls in love
with him.

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Summer Reruns - CBS Tuesdays
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[--] 10Sep64 rerun of  #2.13 "The Witch of the East Wing" (first aired 19Dec63)
[--] 17Sep74 rerun of #2.15 "The Seeing Heart" (first aired 02Jan64)


### The Doctors and The Nurses (new title) ###
############# season 3 1964-65 ###############
############## (final season) ################
30 episodes
Produced by Arthur Joel Katz
CBS Tuesdays 10:00 pm
Joining the regular cast in season 3:
Michael Tolan as Dr. Alex Tazinski "Ski"
Joseph Campanella as Dr. Ted Steffen

3.01 [69] The Doctors and The Nurses: ONCE BITTEN
22Sep64 CBS Tue
Written by Ernest Kinoy
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Claudette Nevins
William Bramlette
Paul McGrath
Back on probation at Alden Genral, Dr. Alex Tazinski (Michael
Tolan) discovers that a 14-month-old baby from a White, middle-
class family is a victim of the "battered child syndrome".
Gail Lucas (Zina Bethune) forces Tazinski to risk his career
by reporting the abuse.

3.02 [70] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE SUSPECT [Part 1]
29Sep64 CBS Tue
3.03 [71] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE SUSPECT [Part 2]
06Oct64 CBS Tue
Directed by Robert Stevens
Written by Art Wallace
guest cast:
Shepperd Strudwick ... Dr. Roger Bartlett
Katherine Crawford ... Sally Foster
Martin Sheen ......... Saunders
Jessica Walter ....... Edith Robertson
Frank Campanella ..... Detective Chris Dunlap
Dana Elcar ........... Dr. Zack Fuller
Bert Freed ........... Detective Sergeant Sam Crowell
Fred J. Scollay ...... Samuel Mitchell
Fran Sharon .......... Rachael Mead
Lorie Thomas ......... Helen Walsh
Astrid Lance ......... Rennie Quinn
Joyce Randolph ....... Alice Loring
Robert Gerringer ..... Doctor
Thomas Barbour ...... Medical Examiner
Synopsis:
When Drs. Steffen and Tazinski and student nurse Sally Foster find that the police are
unwilling to help clear Tazinski's name, they use Sally as a decoy to find the real
criminals. [RF]

3.04 [72] The Doctors and The Nurses: RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER
13Oct64 CBS Tue
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by David Greene
guest cast:
Ralph Meeker

3.05 [73] The Doctors and The Nurses: NO SHADOW WHERE THERE IS NO SUN
20Oct64 CBS Tue
Written by Albert Meglin
Directed by Paul Sylbert
guest cast:
Merrie Spaeth
Billy McNally
Jeff Corey

3.06 [74] The Doctors and The Nurses: HILDIE
27Oct64 CBS Tue
Written by Albert Ruben
Directed by Lamont Johnson
guest cast:
Barbara Feldon
Darren McGavin

3.07 [75] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE OUTPOST
10Nov64 CBS Tue
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Laslo Benedek
guest cast:
Jack Albertson
Rudy Bond

 3.08 [76] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE
17Nov64 CBS Tue
Written by Robert Schlitt
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Brock Peters ......... Fox
Ossie Davis .......... Dr. Farmer
Diana Sands .......... Ollie Sutton
Astrid Lance ......... Carol Burton
Nancy R. Pollock ..... Mrs. Maslow
Richard Calabrese .... Orderly
Synopsis 1:
A bitter Black patient aims race-baiting tirades at Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway)
as well as his Black neurologist and a Black nurse.
Synopsis 2:
A Negro patient has a chip on his shoulder, and he's taking out his resentment
on Dr. Farmer, a successful Negro neurologist. [RF]

3.09 [77] The Doctors and The Nurses: TIME FOR YOU AND TIME FOR ME
24Nov64 CBS Tue 10:00pm
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Robert Stevens
Regular Cast:
Shirl Conway, Edward Binns, Hilda Simms, Zina Bethune, Michael Tolan
Guest Cast:
Ruth Ford ............. Mrs. Calender
Henry Lacose .......... Charlie
Vassili Lambrinos ..... Sig Spatli
Polly Rowles .......... Mrs. Grossberg
Hortense Alden ........ Mrs. Redding
Liz is in the midst of an emotional crisis and Dr. Kiley tries
to provide her with a shoulder to cry on. [TA]

3.10 [78] The Doctors and The Nurses: SO SOME GIRLS PLAY THE CELLO
01Dec64 CBS Tue
Written by Alvin Sargent
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Barbara Harris
Susan Anspach

 3.11 [79] The Doctors and The Nurses: RITES OF SPRING
08Dec64 CBS Tue
Written by Robert Crean
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Joseph Campanella
guest cast:
Peter Helm ........... Peter Ross
Brooke Bundy ......... Mona
Tom Bosley ........... Mr. Ross
Michael Walker ....... Cris Molloy
Elizabeth Moore ...... Mrs. Ross
Synopsis:
Peter Ross is in critical condition after being severely beaten and burned,
but he refuses to tell how it happened - and his new fraternity brothers
aren't talking. [RF]

3.12 [80] The Doctors and The Nurses: NEXT STOP, VALHALLA
15Dec64 CBS Tue
Written by Sheldon Stark
Directed by Laslo Benedek
guest cast:
Donald Davis
Edward Hunter

3.13 [81] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE SKILL IN THESE HANDS
22Dec64 CBS Tue
Written by Doug Taylor
Directed by Vincent Donehue
guest cast:
Robert Loggia
Ellen Holly

 3.14 [82] The Doctors and The Nurses: A MESSENGER TO EVERYONE
29Dec64 CBS Tue
Written by Andy Lewis
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
starring Shirl Conway, Michael Tolan, Joseph Campanella, Zina Bethune
guest cast:
Lois Nettleton ....... Ella Johnson
Carol Eve Rossen ..... Zori Lawton
Ben Hammer ........... Spragg
Paul B. Price ........ Fink
Jon Richards ......... Dr. Zilke
Royal Beal ........... Fire Chief
Synopsis:
The staff and patients at Alden General witness a life-and-death drama
unfolding on the ledge of a building across the street - where a man is
threatening suicide. [RF]

3.15 [83] The Doctors and The Nurses: LAST RITES FOR A RAG DOLL
05Jan65 CBS Tue
Written by Waldo Salt
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
guest cast:
Frank Gorshin

3.16 [84] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE PATIENT NURSE
12Jan65 CBS Tue
Written by Robert Van Scoyk
Directed by Leonard Horn
guest cast:
Polly Rowles
Jan Miner
A nurse becomes a patient at Alden Genral and becomes an ogre.

3.17 [85] The Doctors and The Nurses: A COUPLE OF DOZEN TINY PILLS
19Jan65 CBS Tue
Written by Edward De Blasio
Directed by David Greene
guest cast:
Lee Grant
William Daniels

3.18 [86] The Doctors and The Nurses: A QUESTION OF MURDER
26Jan65 CBS Tue
(not to be confused with season 1 'A Question of Mercy')
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Robert Stevens
guest cast:
J.D. Cannon
Ethel Griffies
Charles Durning

3.19 [87] The Doctors and The Nurses: NIGHT OF THE WITCH
02Feb65 CBS Tue
Written by Stanley Greenberg
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Eileen Eckart
Patrick McVey
Neva Patterson
A clown/ventriloquist/magician who entertains children at the
hopspital is secretly burning with rage over the death of her
6-year-old daughter and ultimately confronts the doctors and
the nurses at an eery dinner party at her home.

3.20 [88] The Doctors and The Nurses: SIXTEEN HOURS TO CHICAGO
09Feb65 CBS Tue
Written by Doug Taylor
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Kathleen Widdoes
Simon Oakland
Elizabeth Wilson

  3.21 [89] The Doctors and The Nurses: ACT OF VIOLENCE Pt. 1
(cross-over episode - Pt. 2 on "For The People" 28Feb65)
23Feb65 CBS Tue
Written by Albert Ruben
Directed by Daniel Petrie
guest cast:
Jeffrey Rowland ........ Robert Bauer
Leora Dana ............. Betty Bauer
Joseph Anthony ......... Stanley Bauer
Joan Lorring ........... Jean Bow
Julie Bovasso .......... Julie Sargent
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Robert Bauer, who lives in a fantasy world of war and
violence, is placed under observation at Alden General when he claims
he doesn't remember attempting a robbery. Albert Ruben's script studies
violence and its motivation. [TA]

3.22 [90] The Doctors and The Nurses: A DANGEROUS SILENCE
02Mar65 CBS Tue
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Gerald Meyer
guest cast:
Gary Merrill
Joanna Pettet
Philip Bosco

 3.23 [91] The Doctors and The Nurses: WHERE THERE'S SMOKE
09Mar65 CBS Tue
Written by Robert Van Scoyk
Directed by Daniel Petrie
guest cast:
Harold J. Stone ......... Elihu Kaminsky
Eastelle Parsons
Val Bisoglio
Richard O'Neill ......... George Larkin
James Olson ............. Edward Curtis
Beverlee McKinsey ....... Eileen Moore
Synopsis 1:
Episode about a rapist loose in the hospital.
Synopsis 2:
The patients at Alden General are alarmed: A woman patient claims that
a man dressed as a doctor attempted to attack her while she was under
heavy sedation. [TA]


3.24 [92] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE POLITICIANS
16Mar65 CBS Tue
Written by Alvin Boretz
Directed by Leonard Horn
guest cast:
George Grizzard
Bette Henritze
A maverick physician runs a clinic in a slum area, and
provides essential services to the poor. He hopes to build
a community mental health center but runs into conflict with
the authorities at Alden Genral, partly because of a community
effort to form a co-operative "lodge plan" to pay him.

3.25 [93] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE APRIL THAW OF DOCTOR MAI
30Mar65 CBS Tue
Written by Robert Crean
Directed by Paul Bogart
guest cast:
Diana Hyland

3.26 [94] The Doctors and The Nurses: THRESHOLD
06Apr65 CBS Tue
Written by Edward De Blasio
Directed by Leonard Horn
guest cast:
Irene Dailey
George Tyne

3.27 [95] The Doctors and The Nurses: (episode title unknown) A39846
20Apr65 CBS Tue
Written by George Bellak
Directed by Michael Powell
guest cast:
Jean Pierre Aumont
Louise Sorel

3.28 [96] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE WITNESSES
27Apr65 CBS Tue
Written by Irving Gaynor Newman
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
guest cast:
Herschel Bernardi
Billy Dee Williams
Dan Travanty
A deranged and drunken cop shoots two men in a bar and later
takes Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway) as a hostage.

3.29 [97] The Doctors and The Nurses: THE HEROINE
04May65 CBS Tue
Written by James Yaffe
Directed by David Pres
guest cast:
Brenda Vaccaro
Susan Anspach
Dustin Hoffman
Dr. Steffen (Joseph Campanella) tries to convince a kooky
actress to marry him.

3.30 [98] The Doctors and The Nurses: AN UNWEEDED GARDEN
(final episode)
11May65 CBS Tue
Written by Robert Schlitt
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
guest cast:
Collin Wilcox
Geoffrey Horne
Dana Elcar
A young physician risks his medical career by supplying an
addict with morphine

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