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 fianc�e 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.
Alan Lee, Alexander Knox, Alf Haugan, Allan Ray, Anne O'Neal, Barbara Smith, Betty Fairfax, Betty Gillette, Beulah Bondi, BG Norman, Bob O'Connor, Bob Pepper, Bob Templeton, Bobby Burns, Bobby Hale, Bonnie Blair, Brandon Hurst, Carl Hanson, Charles Dingle, Charles Dorety, Charles Halton, Charles Kemper, Charlie Hall, Clare Verdera, Connie Conrad, Connie
Biography, Drama