The pilot film for the long-run series introduced the kindly small-town general practitioner who, following a mild coronary, grudgingly brings in an independent, motorcycling young associate to help share his workload. Welby's lady friend and his family, part of the plot of this movie, were written out of the subsequent series, with only his medical sidekick, Steven Kiley, and their secretary/nurse, Consuelo, remaining as regulars.
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Robert Young
Marcus Welby
James Brolin
Steven Kiley
Anne Baxter
Myra Sherwood
Susan Strasberg
Tina Sawyer
Lew Ayres
Dr. Andrew Swanson
Tom Bosley
Tiny Baker
Pete Duel
Lew Sawyer
Sheila Larken
Sandy Welby
