The Polio Crusade

A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

200955m
DocumentaryHistory

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.

Crew

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Sarah Colt

Writer

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Sarah Colt

Director

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Sarah Colt

Producer

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Stephen McCarthy

Director of Photography

Cast

Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Larry Becker

Self

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Kathryn Black

Self

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Betty Cook Brown

Self

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Anne B. Crockett-Stark

Self

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John M. Johnson

Self

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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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Peter L. Salk

Self

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John Troan

Self

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