The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

*The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel*
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Genre	Adventure; Drama
Written by	Michael Berk; Joseph Fineman; Douglas Schwartz
Directed by	Guy Green
Starring	Lindsay Wagner; Jane Wyman
Music by	Gerald Fried
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ron Samuels
Producer	Paul B. Radin
Production location	Nevada City, California
Cinematography	Al Francis
Editor	G. Pat Clark
Running time	145 minutes
Production company	Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 2, 1979

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel is a 1979 American made-for-television medical drama film directed by Guy Green, starring Lindsay Wagner and Jane Wyman (credited as Miss Jane Wyman) with a supporting cast including Andrew Duggan, Gary Lockwood, Brock Peters, John Reilly, Dorothy McGuire and James Woods. The film was originally broadcast on CBS on January 2, 1979.

Plot

In 1932, Meg Laurel, a bold-spirited doctor who graduates Harvard Medical School, gives up the comfort and security of her husband, home, and her practice in Boston. Her mission is to return to her hometown in the Blue Ridge Mountains and help the Appalachian people using modern medical techniques she learned in the big city.

Meg's quest meets bitter opposition, however, by those unprepared to give up their antiquated ways for her miracle drugs. Administering medical aid to the residents of Eagle's Nest is a dramatic struggle, as Meg becomes the rival of Granny Arrowroot, a local medicine woman who is not pleased with Meg's arrival and does not trust the modern science. Tragedy nears when one man's refusal to accept Meg's methods of doctoring for his ailing daughter almost brings ruin to Meg's plans and the death of his child.

Cast

Lindsay Wagner as Meg Laurel
Jane Wyman as Granny Arrowroot
Andrew Duggan as Judge Adamson
Gary Lockwood as Harley Moon
Brock Peters as Joe
John Reilly as Thom Laurel
Charles Tyner as Doug Slocumb
James Woods as Sin Eater
Dorothy McGuire as Effie Webb
Woodrow Parfrey as Messerschmidt
Peggy Walton-Walker as Mrs. Slocumb
Kath Soucie as Becca
Tracey Gold as Laurie Mae Moon

Home media

On March 4, 2011, The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel was released on DVD in Region 1. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US as part of the Sony Pictures Choice Collection in partnership with Warner Bros. online store.

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