Yellow Jack (1938)

Directed by

George B. Seitz

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of medical researchers and army soldiers volunteer for experiments to prove that yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes. The story follows their efforts and sacrifices in Cuba during the early 1900s.

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What happens

Yellow Jack is a 1938 film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based on the 1934 play Yellow Jack. Both were cowritten by screenwriter Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif, a microbiologist and author. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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