The Polio Crusade

10.0 2009 55 min

Documentary History

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 Pul…

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Director: Sarah Colt
Writer: Sarah Colt

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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

David M. Oshinsky Self

Eleanor Sage Self

Peter L. Salk Self

John Troan Self

Eugene F. Warren Self

Julius Youngner Self

Judy Garland Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Mickey Rooney Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Paul Offit Self (as Paul A. Offit)

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