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Police Surgeon

Original title: Dr. Simon Locke
  • TV Series
  • 1971–1975
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
89
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Sam Groom in Police Surgeon (1971)
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The cases of rugged young Dr. Locke and his crusty mentor Dr. Sellers.The cases of rugged young Dr. Locke and his crusty mentor Dr. Sellers.The cases of rugged young Dr. Locke and his crusty mentor Dr. Sellers.

  • Creators
    • Chester Krumholz
    • Wilton Schiller
  • Stars
    • Sam Groom
    • Larry D. Mann
    • Len Birman
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    89
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Chester Krumholz
      • Wilton Schiller
    • Stars
      • Sam Groom
      • Larry D. Mann
      • Len Birman
    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Sam Groom
    Sam Groom
    • Dr. Simon Locke
    Larry D. Mann
    Larry D. Mann
    • Lt. Jack Gordon
    Len Birman
    Len Birman
    • Lt. Dan Palmer
    Nerene Virgin
    • Dispatcher
    Jack Albertson
    Jack Albertson
    • Dr. Andrew Sellers
    Nuala Fitzgerald
    Nuala Fitzgerald
    • Nurse Louise Wynn
    John Kerr
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    Sean Sullivan
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    Larry Reynolds
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    Len Doncheff
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      • Chester Krumholz
      • Wilton Schiller
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      Jack Albertson was so disgusted at the cheap, slipshod way this show was produced that he actually pulled out of it halfway into its first season, after seeing a particularly bad set of rushes. Reminded that he still had a contract, he said, "After what I just saw up there, no jury in the world would convict me." He received his release shortly thereafter.

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    6/10
    A cheap, by the numbers syndie, but watchable.
    "Police Surgeon" was in fact the second and third seasons of a syndicated half hour TV series that began life as "Dr. Simon Locke" in its' first season. Sam Groom, a likable enough actor, played as Dr. Simon Locke, a young doctor who, in the "Police Surgeon" incarnation of the series, moves from the Dixon Mills small-town physician of the first season to a surgeon with the medical unit of a big-city police department (Toronto?) for the second and third seasons. Larry Mann was also featured during the last two seasons as Lieutenant Jack Gordon of the police department. As seemed to be the norm in all hospital/doctor series of the time, Dr. Locke seemed to spend more time playing detective each week than did Lt. Gordon who would seem to show up close to the end of each weekly episode to "wrap-up" the case and take the criminal (pursued and apprehended by Dr. Locke) to jail.

    Both "Dr. Simon Locke" and "Police Surgeon" were cheap, by the numbers, first run syndication TV series that ran from 1971-1974 but were watchable none the less.
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    • Release date
      • September 10, 1971 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Polizeiarzt Simon Lark
    • Filming locations
      • Pickering, Ontario, Canada(Twyn Rivers ski hill scene)
    • Production companies
      • CTV Television Network
      • Dorian-Bentwood Productions
      • Four Star Productions
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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