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The Polio Crusade

02/02/2009

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0hr 55min

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Documentary

,History

A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Linda Hunt
  • Larry Becker
  • Kathryn Black
  • Betty Cook Brown
  • Anne B. Crockett-Stark

    Directors

  • Sarah Colt
  • Randall MacLowry

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • GBH
  • Sarah Colt Productions

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Linda Hunt

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    Larry Becker

    Self

    Kathryn Black

    Self

    Betty Cook Brown

    Self

    Anne B. Crockett-Stark

    Self

    John M. Johnson

    Self

    Samuel L. Katz

    Self

    Paul A. Offit

    Self

    David M. Oshinsky

    Self

    Eleanor Sage

    Self