Arrowsmith

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An idealistic young doctor, Martin Arrowsmith, dreams of being a research scientist but marries a nurse and becomes a country doctor. He later joins a prestigious New York institute and discovers a potential cure for bacterial diseases. When a bubonic plague epidemic strikes the West Indies, he travels there to test his serum. He faces a brutal choice between scientific protocol and saving lives, a decision complicated by personal loss that will define his future.

Drama  History  Romance

Directed by

John Ford

Starring

Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A E Anson, Clarence Brooks