Joey Heatherton vs Vivica Lindfors "Night Shift" stunning "The Nurses" drama Zina Bethune

Broadcast September 27, 1962. It's a difficult night for the student nurses, as Mrs. Yanopoulos (Viveca Lindfors, in a powerful performance) faces possible death due to a difficult pregnancy. Meanwhile, her pregnant roomie, venomously sulky Joey Heatherton, is making matters worse. Zina Bethune stars as student nurse Gail Lucas, and Spookylorre dedicates this episode to her. After "The Nurses," Zina became involved in teaching dance, founding Bethune Theatredanse and then Dance Outreach, which gave disabled kids a chance to express themselves. Her untimely death at age 66 came when she saw a wounded animal on Forest Lawn Drive near Griffith Park. She stopped the car to try and help, got out, and was the victim of a hit and run that knocked her into the path of a second car coming in the opposite direction. Also appearing in this episode: Shirl Coway, Ruth McDevitt, Arthur Hill, Hilda Simms, Elisabeth Fraser, Diana Sands and Morgan Sterne. Stark, intelligently written, well-acted drama, from the same company that gave us "The Defenders."