The Polio Crusade (2009)
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.
Director: Sarah Colt
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio/#film_description
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Linda Hunt as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Larry Becker as Self |
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Kathryn Black as Self |
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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 |
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Judy Garland as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes) |
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Mickey Rooney as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes) |
| Directing | Sarah Colt | Director |
| Writing | Sarah Colt | Writer |
| Production | Sarah Colt | Producer |
| Production | Mark Samuels | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Randall MacLowry | Editor |
| Production | Stephanie Mills | Associate Producer |
| Sound | John Kusiak | Music |
| Sound | P. Andrew Willis | Music |
| Art | Amy R. Strong | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosa J. Colón | Costume Design |
| Camera | Stephen McCarthy | Director of Photography |
