The Polio Crusade
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Overview
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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Cast
Linda Hunt
Larry Becker
Kathryn Black
Betty Cook Brown
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
John M. Johnson
Samuel L. Katz
Paul A. Offit
David M. Oshinsky
Eleanor Sage
