Ben Casey

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Ben Casey is an American medical drama television series from the 1960s that follows a brilliant but brooding neurosurgeon confronting complex ethical and personal dilemmas.

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instanceOf American television series
airedOnDay Monday night
character Dr. Ben Casey NERFINISHED
Dr. David Zorba NERFINISHED
Dr. Maggie Graham NERFINISHED
contemporaryOf Dr. Kildare NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator James E. Moser NERFINISHED
developer James E. Moser NERFINISHED
endYear 1966
filmingLocation Los Angeles
finalAired 1966-03-21
firstAired 1961-10-02
format black-and-white television
genre medical drama
hasSpinOffOrRelatedWork Ben Casey (comic book adaptation) NERFINISHED
Ben Casey (newspaper comic strip) NERFINISHED
hasTheme hospital politics
medical ethics
personal dilemmas
mainCharacterOccupation neurosurgeon
mediaType live-action television
network American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED
notableFor brooding, intense title character
numberOfEpisodes 153
numberOfSeasons 5
openingTheme Ben Casey Theme NERFINISHED
openingThemeComposer David Raksin NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOn American network television
originallyBroadcastIn prime time
originalNetwork ABC
portrayedBy Vince Edwards NERFINISHED
premiereYear 1961
productionCompany MGM Television NERFINISHED
runtimePerEpisode approximately 48 minutes
setting County General Hospital NERFINISHED
starring Bettye Ackerman NERFINISHED
Franchot Tone NERFINISHED
Harry Landers NERFINISHED
Jeanne Bates NERFINISHED
Sam Jaffe NERFINISHED
Vince Edwards NERFINISHED
targetAudience general television audience
timePeriodDepicted contemporary 1960s American hospital

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