Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

• Director: Jud Taylor
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: US
• Run Time: 78 minutes

Plot

In her final acting appearance, Susan Hayward is ironically cast as a research doctor who can no longer face up to the notion of dealing with death on a daily basis. Recently widowed, Dr. Maggie Cole is on the verge of giving up her job and going into seclusion. She is shaken back to reality by crusty but lovable "street doctor" Lou Grazzo (Darren McGavin), who coerces Maggie into accepting a job at a Chicago slum clinic. At first adjusting admirably to her new surroundings, Maggie undergoes a devastating assault to her emotions when she befriends a teenaged leukemia patient. Written by real-life M.D. Sandor Stern and originally telecast by ABC on September 27, 1972, Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole was supposed to have been the pilot for a weekly series, but plans for this project were abandoned after the death of star Susan Hayward. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Anderson - Dr. Ben Cole; Harry Basch - Isadore Glass; Dane Clark - Hank Cooper; Robert Cleaves - Brig; Michael Constantine - Dr. Sweeney; Beverly Garland - Myrna Anderson; Susan Hayward - Dr. Maggie Cole; Peter Hobbs - Pathologist; Nichelle Nichols; Jeanette Nolan - Mrs. Downey; Maide Norman - Nurse "Fergy" Ferguson; Frank Puglia - Mr. Alessandro; Guy Remsen - Policeman; Darren McGavin - Dr. Lou Grazzo; Jan Peters - Ivan Dvorsky; Virginia Hawkins - 1st Day Nurse; Bob Bennett - Waiter; Richard Carlyle - Anderson; Michele Nichols - Lisa Downey; Leigh Adams - Night Nurse; Mira Martinez - 2nd Night Nurse; Jerrie Wollen - 2nd Day Nurse; Scott Edmonds - Barney

Credit

Tracy Bousman - Art Director, Jud Taylor - Director, Bill Mosher - Editor, Hugo Montenegro - Composer (Music Score), Bradford Craig - Composer (Music Score), Tim Southcott - Cinematographer, Leonard J. Goldberg - Producer, Aaron Spelling - Producer, Dusty Springfield - Singer, Sandor Stern - Teleplay By, Sandor Stern - Screenwriter