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UNITED STATES · 1931

Arrowsmith

John Ford
Classical Hollywood medical ethics scientific research plague outbreak moral dilemma vaccine distribution
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Synopsis

A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.

Year1931
CountryUnited States
DirectorJohn Ford
MovementClassical Hollywood
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