The Polio Crusade

IMDb 0.0 2009 • 55 min • DocumentaryHistory

Director

Sarah Colt

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt Self - Narrator (voice)
Larry Becker
Larry Becker Self
Kathryn Black
Kathryn Black Self
Betty Cook Brown
Betty Cook Brown Self
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
Anne B. Crockett-Stark Self