Medical Center Season 6, Episode 3: The Faces of Peril

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After learning that his wife is a pornographic-movie star, a gifted surgeon wants to leave the hospital.

60 min

Demi-God

A cancer patient doesn't know whether to believe her faith-healer husband's assurances that he can cure her.

60 min

Three-Cornered Cage

A husband anguishes over the responsibility he feels toward his ill wife and the love he feels for her best friend.

60 min

The Shattered Mask

A mechanic is oddly reluctant to consent to an operation for his wheelchair-bound daughter (Deborah Winters).

60 min

May God Have Mercy

A former priest (Tim O'Connor) is captivated by a second-rate nightclub singer (Rita Moreno) who faces a dangerous operation.

60 min

The Prisoners

A convict who agrees to participate in a cancer-research experiment tries to sabotage the project.

60 min

The Bribe

A socialite (Vera Miles) tries to bribe a handsome tennis pro (Peter Coffield) into romancing her dying daughter (Pamela Franklin).

60 min

Tainted Lady

Job and social discrimination against cured cancer patients is the theme of this story about a woman (Shirley Knight) who undergoes a mastectomy.

60 min

Heel of the Tyrant

A Jewish researcher is harassed by young anti-Semites who are led by a hospital orderly (David Macklin).

60 min

Three on a Tightrope

A heart patient's recovery is endangered when she falls in love with a mentally disabled young man.

60 min

Midwife

A pregnant young widow (Brooke Bundy), arrested for unlawful midwifery, learns that she has cervical cancer.

60 min

Kiss and Kill

A conniving young patient (Belinda J. Montgomery) tries to drive a wedge between a wealthy woman (Kim Hunter) and her clinging son (David Soul).

60 min

Saturday`s Child

An adolescent girl needs surgery, but she won't help Gannon locate her parents so he can get their consent.

60 min

The Hostile Heart

An orphan's need for open-heart surgery may frighten away prospective parents.

60 min

No Way Home

A former movie star's will to live is undermined by a failing marriage and ill health.

60 min

Captives

A pregnant nurse dosen't want to raise a second child without the help of her errant husband.

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Crown of Thorns

A European princess (Suzy Kendall) escapes her bodyguard and winds up in Gannon's arms.

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The Invisible Wife

The ailing and neglected wife of a charismatic politician asks Gannon to keep her presence in the hospital a secret.

60 min

If Mine Eye Offends Me

A convicted child molester will be granted parole only if he takes a drug that might cause impotence.

60 min

Survivors

Camaraderie turns to rivalry when 12 medical students compete for seven internships.

60 min

Aftershock

A hospital explosion traps Gannon and five others in the basement.

60 min

Half a Life

A woman is torn between her desire to live with her lover in Greece, and her duty to her brother, who needs transfusions of her blood.

60 min

Ripoff

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