Sister Kenny | |
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Directed by | Dudley Nichols Jack Gage (dialogue director) |
Screenplay by | Dudley Nichols Alexander Knox Mary McCarthy |
Based on | And They Shall Walk 1943 book by Elizabeth Kenny Martha Ostenso |
Produced by | Dudley Nichols |
Starring | Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger |
Cinematography | George Barnes |
Edited by | Roland Gross |
Music by | Alexander Tansman |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 116 min |
Language | English |
Sister Kenny is a 1946 American biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, and Philip Merivale.
The film was adapted by Alexander Knox, Mary McCarthy, Milton Gunzburg (uncredited), and Dudley Nichols from the book And They Shall Walk, by Elizabeth Kenny and Martha Ostenso, and directed by Dudley Nichols.