Sister Kenny / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., presents ; screen play by Dudley Nichols, Alexander Knox and Mary McCarthy ; produced and directed by Dudley Nichols.
Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi, Charles Dingle. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. Title from disc label. Based on the book And they shall walk by Elizabeth Kenny in collaboration with Martha Ostenso. Originally released as a motion picture in 1946. Full screen (1.37:1).
Summary:
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, a nurse far out in the Australian bush, who follows her instincts to treat small children inflicted with the dreaded crippling disease.
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