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Ben Casey/To the Pure
| To the Pure | |
| Season 1, Episode 1 | |
| Airdate | October 2, 1961 |
| Production Number | 5731-1 |
| Written by | James E. Moser |
| Directed by | Fielder Cook |
| ← 1x01 To the Pure |
1x02 → But Linda Only Smiled |
| Ben Casey — Season One | |
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To the Pure is the first episode of the first season of Ben Casey.
Starring: Vincent Edwards (Dr. Ben Casey), Sam Jaffe (Dr. David Zorba), Harry Landers (Dr. Ted Hoffman), Bettye Ackerman (Maggie Graham), Jeanne Bates (Miss Wills), Aki Aleong (Nobby)
Guest Stars: Bart Heyman (Dr. Paul Cain), Rafael Lopez (Pete Salazar), Angela Clarke (Mrs. Salazar), Maurice Manson (Dr. Harold Jensen), Adrienne Hayes (Dorothy Wilmer), Ann Morrison (Mrs. Wilmer), Francis DeSales (), Stuart Nisbet (), Wilton Graff (), Susan Davis (), Nelson Olmsted (), Maudie Prickett (), Adrienne Marden ()
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Plot Overview
The Chief Resident at Metro General Hospital, Ben Casey, is under fire by the Administrative Staff for his unorthodox methods, which have caused a number of nurses to quit and ran off some doctors as well. He has a quandary about how to treat a young boy in need of a serious brain operation--if he does operate, as he wants to do, the boy might die. If he doesn't, which the Board wants, the boy doesn't stand a chance. Adding to his problems, Casey is bitten by a young woman suffering from rabies. When she dies, Ben becomes seriously worried that he may also die, as well as worrying about what his being quarantined will do for the boy's chances of getting the operation.
