The Polio Crusade

The Polio Crusade (2009)

A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2009-02-02
  • Runtime: 0h 55min
  • Production Company: GBH
  • Director: Sarah Colt

Summary

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.

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  • Linda Hunt

    as Narrator

  • Larry Becker

    as Self

  • Kathryn Black

    as Self

  • Betty Cook Brown

    as Self

  • Anne B. Crockett-Stark

    as Self

  • John M. Johnson

    as Self

  • Samuel L. Katz

    as Self

  • Paul A. Offit

    as Self

  • David M. Oshinsky

    as Self

  • Eleanor Sage

    as Self

  • Peter L. Salk

    as Self

  • John Troan

    as Self

  • Eugene F. Warren

    as Self

  • Julius Youngner

    as Self

  • Judy Garland

    as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

  • Mickey Rooney

    as Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)
Directing Sarah Colt Director
Writing Sarah Colt Writer
Production Sarah Colt Producer
Production Mark Samuels Executive Producer
Editing Randall MacLowry Editor
Production Stephanie Mills Associate Producer
Sound John Kusiak Music
Sound P. Andrew Willis Music
Art Amy R. Strong Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Rosa J. Colón Costume Design
Camera Stephen McCarthy Director of Photography

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