CinemaOSMovie · 1979 · 2h 25m · NR

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

A beautiful young doctor. Loved by the man she had to leave. Hated by the people she came to help.

68%(4)IMDbDramaTV MovieAdventure

A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.

Directed byGuy Green

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 25m
Language
EN
Released
January 2, 1979
Studios
Columbia Pictures TelevisionCBS

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CBS promo The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel 1978

CBS promo The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel 1978

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Lindsay Wagner

Lindsay Wagner

Dr. Meg Laurel

Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Granny Arrowroot

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Effie Webb

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

Judge Adamson

Gary Lockwood

Gary Lockwood

Harley Moon

Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Joe

John Reilly

John Reilly

Thom Laurel

Charles Tyner

Charles Tyner

Doug Slocomb

James Woods

James Woods

Sin Eater

Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

Messerschmidt

Creative team
Directed by
Guy Green
Guy Green
Written by
Douglas Schwartz
Michael Berk
Produced by
Paul B. Radin

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