The Polio Crusade (2009)
A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease
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.
- Date of release
- 2009-02-02
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Sarah Colt
Casting
- Linda Hunt — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Larry Becker — Self
- Kathryn Black — Self
- Betty Cook Brown — Self
- Anne B. Crockett-Stark — Self
- John M. Johnson — Self
- Samuel L. Katz — Self
- David M. Oshinsky — Self
- Eleanor Sage — Self
- Peter L. Salk — Self
- John Troan — Self
- Eugene F. Warren — Self
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