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The Polio Crusade

0.0 55 mins Documentary   History   2009
GBH   Sarah Colt Productions  
Director(s): Sarah Colt

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.

Casts of The Polio Crusade

Linda Hunt

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Larry Becker

as Self

Kathryn Black

as Self

John M. Johnson

as Self

Samuel L. Katz

as Self

Paul A. Offit

as Self

Eleanor Sage

as Self

Peter L. Salk

as Self

John Troan

as Self

Julius Youngner

as Self

Judy Garland

as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Mickey Rooney

as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

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