The Polio Crusade
2009
A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease
- Sarah Colt
- 55m
- February 2, 2009
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 2, 2009
- Original language
- English
- Production
- WGBH,Sarah Colt Productions,GBH
- Cast
- Betty Cook Brown,Anne B. Crockett-Stark,Linda Hunt,David M. Oshinsky,Paul A. Offit,Mickey Rooney,Julius Youngner,Eleanor Sage,Judy Garland,Larry Beckerand 6 more
- Director
- Sarah Colt
- Writer
- Sarah Colt
- Producer
- Mark Samuels,Sarah Colt
- Cinematography
- Stephen McCarthy
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb