The Polio Crusade
A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease
0.0(0) 2009-02-02 55 minDocumentaryHistory
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.
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Linda Hunt
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Larry Becker
as Self
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Kathryn Black
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Betty Cook Brown
as Self
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Anne B. Crockett-Stark
as Self
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John M. Johnson
as Self
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Samuel L. Katz
as Self
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Paul A. Offit
as Self
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David M. Oshinsky
as Self
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Eleanor Sage
as Self
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Peter L. Salk
as Self
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John Troan
as Self
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Eugene F. Warren
as Self
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Julius Youngner
as Self
Judy Garland
as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
Mickey Rooney
as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
