The Interns The Quality of Mercy (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

The Interns

The Quality of Mercy (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

The doctors tend to a trio of patients: a cancer-stricken monk who has previously been cloistered for 40 years, a stripper who's suffering from a bone spur and a despondent wife who begs for the mercy killing of her dying husband.

Director

Bob Claver

Writers

Richard Frede (novel) | Walter Newman (adapted from the motion picture screenplay by) | David Swift (adapted from the motion picture screenplay by) | William Blinn (developed for television by)

Producer

Jerome Courtland

Casting Director

Rachelle Farberman (as Shelley Ellison)

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 18, 1970

Release date

Sep 18, 1970 (United States)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Brooks Dr. Greg Pettit Dr. Greg Pettit See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Christopher Stone Dr. Pooch Hardin Dr. Pooch Hardin See fewer	The Howling (1981)
Hal Frederick Dr. Cal Barrin Dr. Cal Barrin See fewer	Insight (I) (1960)
Elaine Giftos Bobbe Marsh Bobbe Marsh See fewer	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Mike Farrell Dr. Sam Marsh Dr. Sam Marsh See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Sandra Smith Dr. Lydia Thorpe Dr. Lydia Thorpe See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Broderick Crawford Dr. Peter Goldstone Dr. Peter Goldstone See fewer	All the King's Men (1949)
Diane Baker Sheila Carmichael Sheila Carmichael See fewer	Marnie (1964)
Bert Convy Dave Carmichael Dave Carmichael See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Skip Homeier Dr. Hugh Jacoby Dr. Hugh Jacoby See fewer	The Gunfighter (1950)
Sherry Jackson Jeri Spencer Jeri Spencer See fewer	The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Michael McClanathan Boomer Boomer See fewer	The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Torin Thatcher Brother Anselm Brother Anselm See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)