Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny (1946)

Approved 10 Oct 1946 • Biography, Drama • 1h 56m
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Elizabeth Kenny, as a young nurse out in the Australian bush discovers an effective treatment for polio, but can't get official recognition or sanction for her techniques and theories. For more than three decades (while she tells her fiancée she can't marry him, and repeatedly confronts the pigheaded orthopedic specialist Dr. Brack), she is prevented from treating acute cases and is ridiculed, while she seeks formal recognition for the efficacy of her treatment.

Dudley Nichols
Director
Dudley Nichols, Alexander Knox, Mary Eunice McCarthy
Writer
Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger
Starring

Language: English
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total
Country: United States
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7.2

IMDb (1238 votes)
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