Release Date
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Original Release
February 2, 2009
0h 55m
The Polio Crusade (2009)
⭐ 0.055 min
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.
Director
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Sarah Colt
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.3
Cast
Linda Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice)
⭐1.5
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Larry Becker
Self
⭐0.1
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Kathryn Black
Self
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Betty Cook Brown
Self
⭐0.3
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Anne B. Crockett-Stark
Self
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John M. Johnson
Self
⭐0.3
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Samuel L. Katz
Self
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Paul A. Offit
Self
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David M. Oshinsky
Self
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Eleanor Sage
Self
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Genres
DocumentaryHistory
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