Arrowsmith (1931)

Dr. Martin Arrowsmith, an aspiring medical researcher, struggles between his career and his responsibilities to his wife, Leora. After years of country practice, he joins Dr. Max Gottlieb’s research team in New York, where he develops an untested serum that could cure bubonic plague. But when an outbreak occurs in the West Indies, Arrowsmith faces tough ethical choices between saving lives and following scientific protocol.