The Polio Crusade
2 February 2009| 55 min
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.
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Cast
Linda Hunt
Larry Becker
Kathryn Black
Betty Cook Brown
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
John M. Johnson
Samuel L. Katz
David M. Oshinsky
Eleanor Sage
Peter L. Salk
John Troan
Eugene F. Warren
Julius Youngner
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Paul Offit
