Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond

 
Series aired: 1959 - 1961
Video from Internet Archive
 
Primetime TV  
 

Brainwave

Season 2, Episode 3
October 6, 1959
 
During World War II, an alcoholic pharmacist's mate must operate on the injured captain of his ship while getting instructions over the radio from the chief medical officer of a nearby ship. But for the operation succeed it might take something more than radio instructions.  
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
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