Breaking Point (1963 TV series)
| Breaking Point | |
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Paul Richards as McKinley Thompson.
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| Genre | Medical drama |
| Created by | Meta Rosenberg |
| Directed by | Robert Ellis Miller |
| Starring |
Paul Richards Eduard Franz |
| Theme music composer | David Raksin |
| Composer(s) | John Carisi Walter Scharf Richard Markowitz John Williams Morton Stevens Jerry Goldsmith George Duning |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John E. Pommer George Lefferts (1964) |
| Producer(s) |
George Lefferts Richard Collins Morton Fine David Friedkin |
| Cinematography | Robert Hauser |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Bing Crosby Productions (produced at the studios of Desilu) |
| Distributor |
ABC Films (1964-1973) Worldvision Enterprises (1973-1999) Paramount Television (1999-2006) CBS Television Distribution (current distributor) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 16, 1963 – April 27, 1964 |
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| Related shows |
Ben Casey The Eleventh Hour |
Breaking Point is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 16, 1963, to April 27, 1964, continuing in rebroadcasts until September 7. The series, which was a spinoff of Ben Casey, stars Paul Richards and Eduard Franz. The series was created by Meta Rosenberg.
Richards stars as Dr. McKinley Thompson, the chief resident in psychiatry at York Hospital, a fictitious hospital in Los Angeles. Eduard Franz co-starred as Dr. Edward Raymer, the hospital's psychiatric clinic director. McKinley was called Dr. Mac by everyone on the staff, and the stories focused on the people who came to the psychiatric clinic for their help. Like Ben Casey, which along with Marcus Welby, M.D. was one of the two most successful medical series aired on ABC, Breaking Point originated at Bing Crosby Productions, filmed through Desilu Studios. In the fourth episode entitled "Bird and Snake", Robert Redford appeared as Roger Morton, along with Jack Weston as Sam Keller. This turned out to have been one of Redford's last television roles before he focused exclusively on his film career.
Notable guest stars include:
The series' producer, George Lefferts, had served in a United States Army psychiatric ward during World War II. Like Ben Casey, The Eleventh Hour, and Dr. Kildare on NBC (as well as the non-medical show Slattery's People), Breaking Point featured an older, experienced doctor and his younger understudy.
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