The Polio Crusade (2009)

A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease

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.

Cast (16)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Linda Hunt

Self - Narrator (voice)

L

Larry Becker

Self

K

Kathryn Black

Self

B

Betty Cook Brown

Self

A

Anne B. Crockett-Stark

Self

J

John M. Johnson

Self

S

Samuel L. Katz

Self

D

David M. Oshinsky

Self

E

Eleanor Sage

Self

P

Peter L. Salk

Self

J

John Troan

Self

E

Eugene F. Warren

Self

J

Julius Youngner

Self

Judy Garland

Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Mickey Rooney

Archive Footage (from March of Dimes)

Paul Offit

Self (as Paul A. Offit)

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