The DuPont Show of the Week

The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon (2x9)

Air date: Dec 16, 1962

This episode presents a drama about Dr. Robert Shannon, a brilliant American resident physician, who abandons a promising career and resigns his hospital post to find the right vaccine against a new and fatal influenza germ. He faces pressures from all sides, from his friends, medical superiors and the woman he loves.