As of July 2026, Ben Casey Season 1 aired in 1961 with 32 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Ben Casey Season 1

1961 32 Episodes Drama ⭐ 6/10

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Ben Casey Season 1 is available on streaming right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Vince Edwards leads a cast that never overplays its hand. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Ben Casey Season 1 earns its spot. Ben Casey Season 1 trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Season 1 of Ben Casey includes 32 episodes. It aired from October 1961 to May 1962. This season stars Vince Edwards. Vince Edwards leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1961. The performances in Ben Casey Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Ben Casey Season 1 is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Vince Edwards anchors a cast that never overplays its hand. The kind of drama that stays with you well after the finale.

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🎬 Ben Casey Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
To the Pure
1961-10-02
Dr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a reprimand, Casey tries to persuade the board to approve neurosurgery on nine-year-old Pete Salazar. After the first of three operations on the boy, Casey is acciden...
E2
But Linda Only Smiled
1961-10-09
Little Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mother won't consent.
E3
The Insolent Heart
1961-10-16
Dr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment diagnosed as fatal. Casey and Zorba want to try a new surgery on him, but the medical board is opposed.
E4
I Remember a Lemon Tree
1961-10-23
Dr. Karl Anders is a brilliant surgeon, and Zorba wants to keep him on at the hospital. But Anders is concerned with illnesses of his own—he's addicted to morphine, and suffers from leukemia.
E5
An Expensive Glass of Water
1961-10-30
Casey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him about. Zorba and Dr. Jensen try to dissuade him from withdrawing, because his patient is a big donor to the hospital.
E6
The Sound of Laughter
1961-11-06
Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
E7
A Few Brief Lines for Dave
1961-11-13
Dr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also treats a woman's hypochondria.
E8
Pavane for a Gentle Lady
1961-11-20
By degrees to the bare facts.
E9
My Good Friend Krikor
1961-11-27
Orderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailment is likely to be responsive to neurosurgery.
E10
The Sweet Kiss of Madness
1961-12-04
Dr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases when he treats an abused 10-year-old boy. Dr. Casey forestalls an unnecessary operation, and tries to persuade Dr. Reynolds to receive treatment.
E11
A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
1961-12-11
Expectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures, and these, not the accident, are responsible for the loss of her baby.
E12
A Dark Night for Billy Harris
1961-12-18
Dr. Casey operates on Billy Harris, a holdup man shot and paralyzed, but he's also concerned about the policeman, who may have been too keen and might be mentally hampered.
E13
And If I Die
1962-01-01
""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
E14
A Memory of Candy Stripes
1962-01-08
Recollections.
E15
Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
1962-01-15
A clean, well-lighted place.
E16
A Story to Be Softly Told
1962-01-22
Between you, me and the nurse's station.
E17
The Big Trouble with Charlie
1962-01-29
He's not quite himself, or is he?
E18
Give My Hands an Epitaph
1962-02-05
Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
E19
Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
1962-02-12
From another point of view.
E20
Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
1962-02-19
A piece of baggage.

🎭 Cast of Ben Casey Season 1

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Vince Edwards
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