The Polio CrusadeMovie
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.
About The Polio Crusade
The Polio Crusade is a 2009 documentary, history movie directed by Sarah Colt.
The production information lists a runtime of 55m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Linda Hunt, Larry Becker, Kathryn Black, Betty Cook Brown. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
