Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny
Film poster
Directed byDudley Nichols
Jack Gage (dialogue director)
Screenplay byDudley Nichols
Alexander Knox
Mary McCarthy
Based onAnd They Shall Walk
1943 book
by Elizabeth Kenny
Martha Ostenso
Produced byDudley Nichols
StarringRosalind Russell
Alexander Knox
Dean Jagger
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byRoland Gross
Music byAlexander Tansman
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • September 29, 1946 (1946-09-29) (Premiere-New York City)[1]
  • October 10, 1946 (1946-10-10) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
116 min
LanguageEnglish

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.

  1. ^ a b "Sister Kenny: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 29, 2014.