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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Coburn | ... | Dr. Peter Carey | |
| Jennifer O'Neill | ... | Georgia Hightower | |
| Pat Hingle | ... | Capt. Pearson | |
| Skye Aubrey | ... | Nurse Angela Holder | |
| Elizabeth Allen | ... | Evelyn Randall | |
| John Fink | ... | Chief Surgeon Andrew Murphy | |
| Dan O'Herlihy | ... | J.D. Randall | |
| James Hong | ... | David Tao | |
| Alex Dreier | ... | Dr. Joshua Randall | |
| Michael Blodgett | ... | Roger Hudson | |
| Regis Toomey | ... | Sanderson the Pathologist | |
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Steve Carlson | ... | Walding |
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Rosemary Edelman | ... | Janet Tao |
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Jennifer Edwards | ... | Lydia Barrett |
| John Hillerman | ... | Jenkins | |
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Dr. Peter Carey is a pathologist at a Boston hospital. The daughter of the hospital's Chief of Staff dies after an illegal abortion goes wrong, and Carey's friend and colleague Dr. David Tao is accused of performing the abortion. Carey doesn't buy it, and so he digs deeper, angering the girl's father in the process. Questions abound: Who performed the abortion? Was the girl really pregnant? And what does it have to do with stolen morphine, blackmail attempts, and a mysterious and dangerous masseur? Written by reservoirdog909
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The girl who dies is Melissa Torme. Mel Tormes daughter. See more »Goofs
When Dr. Carey drives erratically to intimidate his passenger into telling him what she knows about the murder, her passenger side window alternates between completely open and completely closed. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Hip, distinguished doctor James Coburn (as Peter Carey) arrives to accept a position as pathologist at a Boston hospital. Almost immediately, Mr. Coburn beds beautiful nutritionist Jennifer O'Neill (as Georgia Hightower). While sleeping with Ms. O'Neill, Coburn is awakened by an emergency involving a botched abortion - the fifteen-year-old who bleeds to death happens to be the daughter of the hospital's big donor, Dan O'Herlihy (as J.D. Randall). Coburn doesn't believe the man arrested, doctor pal James Hong (as David Tao), committed the crime; although, Mr. Hong admits to performing illegal abortions on the side. While trying to clear his friend, Coburn wades through a thickening plot
**** The Carey Treatment (3/29/72) Blake Edwards ~ James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Blodgett, James Hong