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Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith

1931 · 108 min · EN · NR · 6.7 (20 votes)
Dir. John Ford · Starring Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A.E. Anson, Clarence Brooks, Alec B. Francis · Music Alfred Newman

“HE FOUGHT FOR MAN... and lost a woman!”

Drama

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

VIBE

This earnest drama plunges into the ethical quagmire of a medical crisis. It feels weighty and urgent, exploring the immense pressure of life-or-death decisions with a somber, dramatic intensity.

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