Ένας διαπρεπής καρδιοχειρουργός έχει αναπτύξει φιλική σχέση με ένα δεκαεξάχρονο αγόρι, ορφανό από πατέρα, το οποίο έχει υπό την προστασία του. Τα πράγματα παίρνουν ολέθρια τροπή όταν το συστήνει στην οικογένειά του. Το νεαρό αγόρι αναστατώνει τον κόσμο τους και υποχρεώνει τον γιατρό να επιλέξει ανάμεσα σε μια ακραία θυσία ή τον κίνδυνο να χάσει τα πάντα.

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Ο Ροντ δεν έχει ολοκληρώσει ποτέ ένα άλμα χωρίς να φάει τα μούτρα του. Η οικογένεια και οι φίλοι του δεν τον παίρνουν και πολύ στα σοβαρά, ενώ ο πατριός του τον αντιμετωπίζει σαν σάκο του μποξ. Ο Ροντ, όμως, δεν πρόκειται να αφήσει αυτές τις... λεπτομέρειες να σταθούν εμπόδιο στο να πραγματοποιήσει το μεγαλύτερο ακροβατικό κατόρθωμα της ζωής του. Θα αγνοήσει τον θάνατο προκειμένου να κερδίσει λεφτά, το κορίτσι του και λίγο σεβασμό.

Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.

Doctor Miguel Azzini is found shot dead dead. The police suspect his colleagues: Elena Carli, his former mistress and owner of the clinic where he worked; Roberto Carli, her surgeon husband; Doctor Paula Lombardo, Roberto's mistress; and the clinic's administrator. Inspector Nardi discovers that Elena has a heart condition and had offered Miguel an increased sharehold in the clinic in order to dissuade him from leaving for another post. Elena's heart condition is worsened by the relentless police scrutiny and by her suspicion that Roberto is the murderer. She has to be rushed into hospital and is even more alarmed when Roberto prepares to operate...

Previously lost exploitation film about a youth serum and the crooks who try to steal it.

Amateur film about a doctor who performs an illegal heart transplant only to have his drunken brother botch it. Film features actual open-heart surgery footage, as well as scenes of body painting and performance art.