The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

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1979
2h 25m
6.0(3 votes)
Drama
TV Movie
Adventure

Overview

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.

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Columbia Pictures Television
CBS

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Cast & Crew

36 members
Acting

Lindsay Wagner

Dr. Meg Laurel

Lindsay Wagner
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Jane Wyman

Granny Arrowroot

Jane Wyman
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Dorothy McGuire

Effie Webb

Dorothy McGuire
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Andrew Duggan

Judge Adamson

Andrew Duggan
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Gary Lockwood

Harley Moon

Gary Lockwood
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Brock Peters

Joe

Brock Peters
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John Reilly

Thom Laurel

John Reilly
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Charles Tyner

Doug Slocomb

Charles Tyner
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James Woods

Sin Eater

James Woods
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Woodrow Parfrey

Messerschmidt

Woodrow Parfrey
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Peggy Walton-Walker

Mrs. Slocomb

Peggy Walton-Walker
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Kath Soucie

Becca

Kath Soucie
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Tracey Gold

Laurie Mae Moon

Tracey Gold
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Cherilyn Parsons

Sophie Pride

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Tom Spratley

The Dentist

Tom Spratley
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Gary Graham

Jacob Barth

Gary Graham
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Ray Young

Joel

Ray Young
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Gloria Stuart

Rose Hooper

Gloria Stuart
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Mary Ellen O'Neill

Granny Bacon

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Meegan King

Willis

Meegan King
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David Gregory

Herm

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Henry G. Sanders

Harve

Henry G. Sanders
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Dee Croxton

Mildred Koch

Dee Croxton
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Hazel Johnson

Vyrle Macy

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Pauline McFadgen

Corra Macy

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Stephanie Smith

Camille Kapp

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Carolyn Jane Reed

Mrs. Pride

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Ronald Peterson

Joshua Moon

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John Driscoll

Walt Ridgeway

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Sam J. Jones

Roy

Sam J. Jones
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Philip Schultz

Butler

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Dan Kemp

Man #1

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Diane Fetterly

Woman #1

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Sharon McGrath

Twelve-Year-Old Meg

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Marta Nichols

Seven-Year-Old Meg

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Genevieve Beauvais

Meg Middle

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