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The Polio Crusade

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Calorie Rating: 77
Released: 2009-02-02
Running Time: 55 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio/#film_description
Studios: GBH, Sarah Colt Productions,


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 / Directors

Sarah Colt
Director


Cast

Linda Hunt
Character: Narrator
Larry Becker
Character: Self
Kathryn Black
Character: Self

Betty Cook Brown
Character: Self
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
Character: Self
John M. Johnson
Character: Self

Samuel L. Katz
Character: Self
Paul A. Offit
Character: Self
David M. Oshinsky
Character: Self

Eleanor Sage
Character: Self
Peter L. Salk
Character: Self
John Troan
Character: Self

Eugene F. Warren
Character: Self
Julius Youngner
Character: Self
Judy Garland
Character: Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Mickey Rooney
Character: Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)


Production and Crew

Sarah Colt
Producer
Stephanie Mills
Associate Producer

Mark Samuels
Executive Producer
Amy R. Strong
Art Direction

Rosa J. Colón
Costume Design

Stephen McCarthy
Director of Photography