The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Short Flight to a Distant Star (Season 3, Episode 9)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Short Flight to a Distant Star (Season 3, Episode 9)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

The boastful, heavy-drinking father of Dr. Hunter's date is severely injured in a shooting. With a bullet fragment dangerously floating in the brain, Hunter and Stuart look to space-age technology to save the patient's life.

Director

Arnold Laven

Writers

Richard H. Landau (created by) (as Richard Landau) | Paul Mason (created by) | Steven Bochco (created by) | Howard Dimsdale (written by) (as Arthur Dales)

Composer

Dick DeBenedictis

Cinematographer

Gerald Perry Finnerman

Editor

George Ohanian

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 23, 1972

Release date

Jan 23, 1972 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
E.G. Marshall Dr. David Craig (credit only) Dr. David Craig (credit only) See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
David Hartman Dr. Paul Hunter Dr. Paul Hunter See fewer	The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
John Saxon Dr. Theodore Stuart Dr. Theodore Stuart See fewer	A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Cameron Mitchell Mike McGraw Mike McGraw See fewer	The High Chaparral (1967)
Jess Walton Sharon McGraw Sharon McGraw See fewer	The Young and the Restless (1973)
Ilka Windish Anitra Rokono Anitra Rokono See fewer	Taras Bulba (1962)
Ted Gehring Lieutenant Wyzanski Lieutenant Wyzanski See fewer	Bad Company (1972)
Richard Stahl 2nd Engineer (as Dick Stahl) 2nd Engineer (as Dick Stahl) See fewer	Overboard (1987)
Don Newsome 1st Engineer (as Donald Newsome) 1st Engineer (as Donald Newsome) See fewer	Lenny (1974)