The Polio Crusade
200955 min
DocumentaryHistory
"A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease"
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.
Top Cast
Linda Hunt as Self - Narrator (voice),Larry Becker as Self,Kathryn Black as Self,Betty Cook Brown as Self,Anne B. Crockett-Stark as Self,John M. Johnson as Self,Samuel L. Katz as Self,Paul A. Offit as Self
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Production
GBHSarah Colt Productions