Movie: The Polio Crusade

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Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt

Self - Narrator (voice)

Larry Becker
Larry Becker

Self

Kathryn Black
Kathryn Black

Self

Betty Cook Brown
Betty Cook Brown

Self

Anne B. Crockett-Stark
Anne B. Crockett-Stark

Self

John M. Johnson
John M. Johnson

Self

Samuel L. Katz
Samuel L. Katz

Self

Paul A. Offit
Paul A. Offit

Self

David M. Oshinsky
David M. Oshinsky

Self

Eleanor Sage
Eleanor Sage

Self

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    The Polio Crusade

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    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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    2009-02-02

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    A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

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