Directed by:
Dudley NicholsCinematography:
George BarnesCast:
Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Beulah Bondi, Charles Dingle, John Litel, Fay Helm, Charles Kemper, Dorothy Peterson, Lloyd Ingraham (more)Plots(1)
Could a simple country nurse possibly have found a treatment for polio when educated doctors have failed? This is the remarkable true story of Elizabeth Kenny (Rosalind Russell), a nurse far out in the Australian bush, who follows her instincts to treat small children inflicted with the dreaded crippling disease. Working with only her hands, Kenny applies a therapy that, miraculously, allows once-hopelessly-crippled children to rise to their feet and walk again. Instead of applauding her treatment, however, the medical community, led by the inflexible Dr. Brack (Philip Merivale), ridicules Kenny's unorthodox practice and wields its power to stop her from using it. Undaunted, Kenny forsakes all, even romance, to continue her inspirational fight to save children's lives. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rosalind Russell
USA
Best movies:
His Girl Friday (1940)
The Citadel (1938)
China Seas (1935)
Alexander Knox
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Longest Day (1962)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Dean Jagger
USA
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Beulah Bondi
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Charles Dingle
USA
Best movies:
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
John Litel
USA
Best movies:
Dodge City (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Key Largo (1948)
Fay Helm
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Dark Victory (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
Charles Kemper
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
Yellow Sky (1948)
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
Dorothy Peterson
USA
Best movies:
Dark Victory (1939)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Lloyd Ingraham
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Frank Reicher
German Empire
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Ellen Corby
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Vertigo (1958)
Sabrina (1954)
Gloria Holden
UK
Best movies:
Dodge City (1939)
Test Pilot (1938)
The Hucksters (1947)
Brandon Hurst
UK
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Scarface (1932)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Ray Walker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australia
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)