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The Polio Crusade (2009)

ALL 02/02/2009 (en) Documentary, History 55 Min
  • Release
    02/02/2009
  • Production
    GBH, Sarah Colt Productions
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    The Polio Crusade
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

Overview

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.

  1. Sarah Colt

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Sarah Colt

    Producer



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  1. Linda Hunt

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  2. Larry Becker

    Self

  3. Kathryn Black

    Self

  4. Betty Cook Brown

    Self

  5. Anne B. Crockett-Stark

    Self

  6. John M. Johnson

    Self

  7. Samuel L. Katz

    Self

  8. Paul A. Offit

    Self

  9. David M. Oshinsky

    Self

  10. Eleanor Sage

    Self

  11. Peter L. Salk

    Self

  12. John Troan

    Self

  13. Eugene F. Warren

    Self

  14. Julius Youngner

    Self

  15. Judy Garland

    Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

  16. Mickey Rooney

    Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 16 , Crews : 11

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The Polio Crusade (2009) 55 Min

ALL 02/02/2009 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 02/02/2009
  • Production
    GBH, Sarah Colt Productions
  • Original title The Polio Crusade
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

Overview

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.

  1. Sarah Colt

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Randall MacLowry

    Editor

  4. Sarah Colt

    Producer



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